Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:54:52 +0100 From: Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Printing from windows via Samba (printer found ok, but not printing) Message-ID: <20011202185452.B28248@Deadcell.ANT>
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--3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hello and good evening, I've got that little problem with printing from win2k an a HP DeskJet 930 connected to my FreeBSD box. Samba works quite well (shares on the win2k machine, shares on the FreeBSD box, read, write etc etc), except that it seems to be very slow on the whole (transferring a 2MB file from the Samba server to the win2k box seems to take forever, but that's a different story). I have attached my smb.conf file in case someone might have a look through it. Basically, I have struggled with setting up samba to allow every machine on the network to set up a network printer via the Add New Printer wizard, which worked fine eventually, the printer is found and the driver installed. But when I try to print some stuff (MSWord doc, picture or textfile), it loads the file to be printed to the samba server as it should, but then nothing happens. The file seems to get transferred correctly into whichever spooling directory is defined but fails to get printed to the DeskJet eventually. I've read the stuff over at www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd (the FreeBSD Cheat Sheets) and Chapter 8 of the FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide which helped quite a lot. But now I am kind of lost. Help would be appreciated. thanks and regards -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net Vienna, AUSTRIA --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smb.conf" [global] workgroup = Shithead server string = "Deadcell - FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE Samba %v" ; socket options = TCP_NODELAY ; socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY guest account = pcguest browseable = yes print command = lpr -s -P %p %s;rm %s ; taken from the FreeBSD Networker'S Guide printing = bsd printer driver file = /usr/smbshares/printer/printer.def printcap name = /etc/printcap ; is that necessary? log file = /var/log/samba_log.%m encrypt passwords = yes lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var/lock share modes = yes ;[printers] ; comment = HPDJ930C ; printable = yes ; path = /var/spool/samba ; public = yes ; writeable = no ; This worked before, but installing the printer on each machine ; locally was required. Not the best solution. [printer$] path = /usr/smbshares/printer write list = ant guest ok = yes browseable = yes [HP DeskJet 930c series] printer driver = hp deskjet 930c series ; printer driver location = \\%h\PRINTER$ printable = yes browseable = yes comment = HPDJ930c Printer path = /var/spool/samba [Download] path = /mnt/win2kdata/Download browseable = yes comment = Download stuff writeable = yes [Homes] browseable = yes writeable = yes path = /usr/home public = no valid users = ant comment = Home Directories --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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