CUPS, samba, and Epson C80
David Miller
david at millersweb.com
Mon Feb 2 20:46:31 UTC 2004
Sorry, I missed that line when I cut and pasted the config file. It is
there
Robert Marcano wrote:
>On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 15:54, David Miller wrote:
>
>
>>Hello
>>
>>I recently "upgraded" from RedHat 9 to Fedora.
>>I have always used lprng. I was very disapointed to find that it was
>>removed.
>>
>>I have tried to share the printers that I have on my linux box. I have
>>4 windows machines that use my printers. I have an Hp dj600 and an
>>Epson C80 on the linux box.
>>I have never had any problems shareing them with lprng and samba.
>>
>>After installing Fedora I learned that I had to use CUPS. I could make
>>my printers work on the linux machine but the windows machines could not
>>print. They would show up in windows explorier but not in the list when
>>you would add a network printer. Nothing I tried seamed to work until I
>>ran across a posting via a web search that indicated a problem in samba
>>3.0 and it worked with an earlier version of samba. I uninstalled samba
>>and downloaded the samba rpms for samba-2.2.7-5.8.0. I think the samba
>>files used in RedHat 8.0.
>>
>>Now my HP works fine.
>>On the windows machines, when you say add printer and select network and
>>browse you see both printers and installs for both seam to work. The
>>Epson still won't print.
>>In printer configuration both printers are shared. Both work on the
>>linux box.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Try adding the printing variable to the global section:
>
>printing = cups
>
>
>>From the smb.conf man page
>
>"printing (S)
> This parameters controls how printer status
>information is interpreted on your system. It also affects the default
>values for the print command, lpq command, lppause command, lpresume
>command, and lprm command if specified in the [global] section."
>
>you need to use both "printcap" and "printing"
>
>
>
>>Samba Config is as follows:
>> workgroup = HOME
>> server string = Samba Server
>> printcap name = cups
>> load printers = yes
>> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>> max log size = 0
>> security = user
>> encrypt passwords = no
>>
>> obey pam restrictions = yes
>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>> remote browse sync = 192.168.0.1/25
>> os level = 33
>> preferred master = yes
>> wins support = yes
>> dns proxy = no
>>
>>[homes]
>> comment = Home Directories
>> browseable = no
>> writable = yes
>> valid users = %S
>> create mode = 0664
>> directory mode = 0775
>>
>>[printers]
>> comment = All Printers
>> path = /var/spool/samba
>> browseable = no
>> guest ok = no
>> writable = no
>> printable = yes
>> use client driver = yes
>>
>>[windata]
>> path = /var/data/win95
>> guest ok = yes
>> writeable = yes
>> printable = no
>> write list = david, cheryl, laniece, cathy, mark
>> create mask = 0664
>> directory mask = 0775
>>
>>
>>Cups
>>mime.convs has the following line uncommented:
>> application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
>>
>>mime.types has the following line uncommented:
>> application/octet-stream
>>
>>cups error log still indicates the following when I try to print to the C80;
>>E [02/Feb/2004:12:13:22 -0600] print_job: Unsupported format
>>'application/octet-stream'!
>>I [02/Feb/2004:12:13:22 -0600] Hint: Do you have the raw file printing
>>rules enabled?
>>
>>No errors printing to the HP.
>>
>>There is no entry that shows up in the print queue.
>>
>>If anyone has any ideas please let me know.
>>
>>David Miller
>>
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