Printing to a Samba Printer

[Edward]

Alejandro Calbazana wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a problem with printing to a Samba printer... I see my print jobs
> spool but I can not get them to print!  I've been able to print directly to
> the printer using lpr -P %p %s, but when I send the job over through Samba,
> the file spools, windows notifies of printing, but nothing prints.
> 
> I've checked access on the spool directory... The necessary permissions are
> there.
> 
> I am running:
> Samba 2.2.7a
> RH 9 2.4
> HP Photosmart 7550 printer
> 
> My smb.conf file:
> 
>   [global]
>           server string = Samba Running %v
>           socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>           keep alive = 30
>           print command =  lpr -P %p %s
>          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq %p
>          ;debug level = 4
>          use client driver = yes
> 
>     [printers]
>          comment = Printers
>          path = /tmp
>          printable = yes
>          browseable = no
>          create mode = 0700
> 
> [HPPS7550]
>         comment = HP Photosmart 7550
>          printer = HP_Photosmart_7550
>          path = /tmp
>          printable = yes
>          browseable = no
>          printable = yes
>          use client driver = yes
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

Smells like the known raw printing option problem.

Try setting the printer up for raw printing.

Regards,
Ed.