Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 11:04:14 -0700 From: "Aaron" <click46@webpimps.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: apsfilter, samba, and the scheme of things Message-ID: <20010809180627.E1B7437B401@hub.freebsd.org>
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I've toiled and searched too long. Too many times have I typed "shutdown - r now" with the vain hope that this time...maybe this time, it would work. A little story to ease the frustration AND communicate the problem. You see it started with a simple FreeBSD box lost in a sea of Windows workstations, servers, and services. A little FreeBSD box that just wanted to print. Print from him, to the Windows printserver, and to the nice HP 4000N right next door. Simple! Exclaims the intern who snuck a expired WinXP machine and devilishly installed FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE on. Just edit /etc/printcap and install Samba. Easy as pie! And so the intern installed Samba. Successfully no doubt. "Nothing can stop me! I am the MASTAR!!!" The hubris began to build. Then the first hurdle. Windows expects its postscript done on the cilent? Hm, how's that going to work. A simple read of /etc/printcap says apsfilter will help you! Just install that. And so he did. Whilst ghostscript6 gave error after error, the intern realized "hey! I dont need no stinkin ghostscript - after, this is just a proof on concept. I want the damn thing to print...NOW!" And so with a press of T in the apsfilter setup, out came a beautiful test page - on company letterhead no doubt. Whoops. But it had WORKED! And thats all that mattered. Apsfilter saw samba, it saw the printer....and out came the page! Now to test from the command line! And nothing worked. </story> So now, after trying and reading whatever I can - it still wont print! Granted the printcap file is a tad confusing, I'm really lost in where the hell apsfilter puts its damn "samba" config file it always talks about. And how the heck does smbprint work? Its just a huge commented file with nothing relevent really. Shouldnt the FIRST filter be apsfilter, THEN samba? I've delayed asking the mailing list because I'd hope that once I bore through all this irritating and confusing stuff, I'd write a clear, concise article. After all, I can only imagine how many poor FreeBSD boxes are stuck in a world of windows that would like to print to that damned NT print server. And yet no ones written a thing. So if you, the surely more advanced FreeBSD user (more than 8 months of FreeBSD use has gotten me no where on this problem), could point me in just the right direction - or even just small hint. Anything that could help my troubled mind see what I'm missing, I'd probably be the happiest guy in the world - for at least a few minutes. Thanks again for reading this long, tedious, theraputic post. And if it wouldnt be too much trouble - CC it to this address as well. -questions is too unwiedly for my web base email account. - click46 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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