[Samba] Cups printers autoloading and windows drivers

L.P.H. van Belle belle at bazuin.nl
Mon Sep 7 06:43:33 UTC 2015 


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> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Prunk Dump
> Verzonden: zondag 6 september 2015 11:02
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> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Cups printers autoloading and windows drivers
> 
> >>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >>>> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Prunk Dump
> >>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 4 september 2015 11:15
> >>>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> >>>> Onderwerp: [Samba] Cups printers autoloading and windows drivers
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello samba team !
> >>>>
> >>>> I have configured a samba4 printer with CUPS as backend. And I have
> >>>> enabled the "load printers = yes" option in smb.conf.
> >>>>
> >>>> Nearly everything works well !
> >>>> -> Samba detect the CUPS printers
> >>>> -> The printers appear automatically in the "printers" share
> >>>> -> On windows 7 I can add the server the printmanagement.msc and I
> see
> >>>> the printers
> >>>> -> I can upload drivers to samba with printmanagement.msc and the
> >>>> "print$" share works
> >>>> -> The windows client see that a driver is uploaded
> >>>>
> >>>> But I can't get the printing work on the client. When the print jobs
> >>>> are send I have many errors on the client or sometimes nothings
> >>>> appens. I don't know how configure the drivers for the clients. I
> have
> >>>> tried to upload the "HP universal postscript driver" and the "Epson
> >>>> universal driver" and no one works from the clients.
> >>>>
> >>>> What type of driver I need to use when samba is configured with CUPS
> >>>> as backend ? A generic postscript driver ?
> >>>>
> >>>> I have an error in printmanagement.msc when I associate the driver
> >>>> with the printer. Do you think that this is due to the "load printers
> >>>> = yes" option ? After the error message the drivers seems correctly
> >>>> associated.
> >>>>
> >>>> How configure the clients when the "load printers = yes" is set on
> the
> >>>> server ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Can someone help me ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Excuse my English. Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Baptiste.
> >>>>
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> >> 2015-09-04 15:01 GMT+02:00 L.P.H. van Belle <belle at bazuin.nl>:
> >>> Hai,
> >>>
> >>> A few basic steps to setup a dedicated print server with samba 4 and
> cups.
> >>> I used debian Jessie in this case with sernet samba 4.2.3
> >>> I had some problems with 4.1.17 on debian, messed up some printernames
> after driver uploads when i corrected them after.
> >>>
> >>> My steps.
> >>> 1) Install a normal samba4 member server.
> >>> 2) setup your printers in cups and let them print to the 9100 port.
> >>>        Send a test page from cups.
> >>> 3) setup the print part in samba something like this.
> >>> ----added for printering BEGIN -------------
> >>>    ## Enabling spoolssd
> >>>    rpc_server:spoolss = external
> >>>    rpc_daemon:spoolssd = fork
> >>>    spoolssd:prefork_min_children = 5
> >>>    spoolssd:prefork_max_children = 25
> >>>    spoolssd:prefork_spawn_rate = 5
> >>>    spoolssd:prefork_max_allowed_clients = 100
> >>>    spoolssd:prefork_child_min_life = 60
> >>>
> >>> [printers]
> >>>   comment = All Printers
> >>>   path = /home/samba/printing/spool
> >>>   browseable = no
> >>>   printable = yes
> >>>   printing = CUPS
> >>>   acl_xattr:ignore system acl = yes
> >>>
> >>> # Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
> >>> # printer drivers
> >>> [print$]
> >>>   comment = Printer Drivers
> >>> #   path = /var/lib/samba/printers
> >>>   path = /home/samba/printing/drivers
> >>>   browseable = yes
> >>>   read only = yes
> >>>   guest ok = no
> >>>   write list = root, @"Domain Admins"
> >>>   acl_xattr:ignore system acl = yes
> >>>
> >>> ----added for printering END -------------
> >>> In debian, i did add my windows admin to the lpadmin Group.
> >>> Just add : adduser admin lpadmin.
> >>>
> >>> I added the PCL6 universal drivers with the Print management tool.
> >>> Yes, you get can get an error when you assing it, just ignore it.
> >>>
> >>> When the drivers are uploaded and linked the the printer, use any pc,
> login as administrator, and configure the printer settings, these be set
> on the clients.
> >>>
> >>> Yes, took me also some time to figure this one out, but Works fine
> now.
> >>> And.. this is (almost) all on the wiki.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Greetz,
> >>>
> >>> Louis
> >>
> >> Hi Louis ! Thank you very much for your help !
> >>
> >> The only difference between my configuration and yours is that I use
> >> "load printers = yes" and that my server is a primary domain
> >> controleur not a domain member.
> >>
> >> My windows administrator "administrator" is mapped to "root" so y
> >> think that it's useless in my case to add it to the lpadmin group.
> >>
> >> Can you give me where to find your universal PCL6 drivers ? You use
> >> the HP one ? Even on EPSON printers ?
> >>
> >> Thanks again !
> >>
> >> Baptiste.
> >>
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> 2015-09-05 14:18 GMT+02:00 L.P.H. van Belle <belle at bazuin.nl>:
> > hai..
> >
> > if you are asked for a password when adding printers. add administrator
> to lpadmin
> >
> > i used regular hp drivers from the hp website. use the hp park util to
> preconfigure your driver.
> > if you disable snmp you wont get an error when attaching the driver to
> the printer . when print manager is used but you can ignore the error. it
> all works fine.
> >
> > and no i use hp drivers for my hp printers.
> > if you want to do that try the windows hp laserjet 4 driver.
> > for the epson driver i have to know your printer model, ill can check i
> for you.. after the weekend..
> > not all drivers/printer wil work, this has to do with the hardware of
> the printer.. but with some tricks its all possible..
> >
> >
> > greetz
> > louis
> >
> 
> Thank you again Louis !
> 
> I have tried with the standard Espon drivers but the printing is still
> very buggy. I can't understand if the problem come from, the windows
> client, the samba server or the cups server. I have some questions :
> 
> 1) When you push the driver to samba. You need to first install the
> driver on one client. During the install the driver query the printer
> port to configure the printer on the client. At this stage I set
> voluntary a non existing port like "parallel1" because I think that I
> only need to push the driver files. I'am right ? Or did I need to
> correctly configure the client to use the samba port when installing
> the driver to the first client ?
> 
> 2) My CUPS server is not used only by Samba. I have many Linux
> clients. So I have not set the CUPS printer's drivers to "RAW" but
> with the correct PPD drivers (PS3 or Foomatic/PostScipt). The printers
> work from the linux client. Is this a problem for Samba to set the
> driver in CUPS ?
> 
> 3) When you send print jobs from your Windows clients by Samba->Cups.
> Is the jobs appearing on the CUPS web page ? When you query "ended
> jobs" ?
> 
> Thank you very much !
> 
> Baptiste.

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Hi, 

To you questions. 
No, you dont install a driver on the client first
And yes, you need to setup the printer in Cups with RAW First. 
Then i did the upload as shown here. 
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configuring_Point'n'Print_automatic_printer_driver_deployment  I did not do the "On *nix"  !! only the "On Windows" 

After the driver upload, you see that your printer is renamed, wait about 10-30 sec, then change the name back. 

Yes, see my print job in the webpage of cups, i also keep a history of printed jobs. 

The prints i do from my debian servers are lp commands, so just asci, no drivers involved here.  
For Linux desktop, thats one i cant answere for you, i dont run Linux desktops here (yet). 

Greetz, 

Louis

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