Re: Problem: printing to HP LaserJet - SAMBA and CUPS problem?
From: MJD (matthewjd_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/28/05
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:56:12 -0500 To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
When I was setting up a HP Laserjet connected to linux, I found you needed
the line under the [printers]:
use client driver = true
or something like that, google for it. When the [printers] section is set
up right, then you don't need your last section. Just make sure to put the
HP Laserjet driver for printer is selected in windows.
On 11/28/05, Emre Sevinç <emres@bilgi.edu.tr> wrote:
>
> Hi Debian masters,
>
> I have installed a Debian box at the office which is mainly a Windows
> network:
>
> emba-master:/home/emres# uname -a
> Linux emba-master 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Mon May 16 16:47:51 JST 2005 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> Then I also installed SAMBA and CUPS. For now, we can connect to Debian
> and
> use it as a file server. It is also possible to sit in front of the
> machine and print to
> the HP LaserJet 1100 connected to it.
>
> *Problem*: I just can't make MS Windows PCs print to HP LaserJet
> installed on Debian.
>
> Here's smb.conf:
>
> ==========================================================
> emba-master:/home/emres# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | egrep -v " *(;|#)"
>
> [global]
> workgroup = emba.networks
> server string = %h server (Samba %v)
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> max log size = 1000
> syslog = 0
> panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
> security = user
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>
> [webroot]
> comment = Web Server Root
> path = /var/www/apache2-default/web/
> writable = yes
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> browseable = yes
>
> [Programs]
> path = /home/winshare/programs/
> comment = Programs
> writable = yes
>
> [Games]
> path = /home/winshare/games/
> comment = Games
> writable = yes
>
> [Movies]
> path = /home/winshare/movies/
> comment = Movies
> writable = yes
>
> writable = yes
> create mask = 0777
> directory mask = 0777
>
> [printers]
>
> [print$]
> comment = Printer Drivers
> path = /var/lib/samba/printers
> browseable = yes
> read only = yes
> guest ok = yes
>
> [EmbaPrinter]
> comment = EmbaPrinter
> writeable = yes
> printable = yes
> path = /var/spool/samba
> ==========================================================
>
>
> And cupsaddsmb worked without problems:
>
> =============================================================
> emba-master:/home/emres# cupsaddsmb -H emba-master -U root -h
> emba-master -v EmbaPrinter
>
> Password for root required to access emba-master via SAMBA:
> Running command: rpcclient emba-master -N -U'root%XXXXX' -c 'setdriver
> EmbaPrinter EmbaPrinter'
> Succesfully set EmbaPrinter to driver EmbaPrinter.
> =============================================================
>
> However, when I connect from a MS Windows PC to \\emba-master and see a
> printer
> named EmbaPrinter and right-click on it, trying to Connect it doesn't
> provide me any
> valid driver (showing an unrelated local folder on my PC).
>
> Besides, as you see above there's a "path = /var/lib/samba/printers"
> line in smb.com
> however:
>
> =============================================================
> emba-master:/home/emres# ls -laR /var/lib/samba/printers/
> /var/lib/samba/printers/:
> toplam 16
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2005-11-25 00:48 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2005-11-25 00:50 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-05-27 10:16 W32X86
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-05-27 10:16 WIN40
>
> /var/lib/samba/printers/W32X86:
> toplam 8
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-05-27 10:16 .
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2005-11-25 00:48 ..
>
> /var/lib/samba/printers/WIN40:
> toplam 8
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-05-27 10:16 .
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2005-11-25 00:48 ..
> ==============================================================
>
> Where are the drivers? Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Another strange situation when I start my Windows Explorer to browse
> \\emba-master
> in the "Printers" shared folder I see another printer called "lp dot
> matrix printer" which
> I didn't define in smb.conf; I also tried my chance with that, trying to
> install some HP
> driver but then I still couldn't print.
>
> What shoul I check? How can I troubleshoot this?
>
> All I need is to be able to print from MS Windows clients to the HP
> LaserJet installed
> on Debian (which is working fine locally).
>
> Cheers,
> Emre Sevinc
> Istanbul Bilgi University
>
>
>
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