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:
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>>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.
>>
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>
>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"
>
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>>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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