Re: Network Printing - Samba to Winbox

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:23:50 -0700, Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

jonah wrote:


Got my printer (hp psc 1310 usb) on a networked XP box, shared and
everything no problem.

Decided to set up printing from Suse box via Samba.

After much struggling I eventually figured out the connection /
drivers and got Samba to log on to the win box, access the printer and
send a test page. The test page appears in the print queue on the win
box but will not print.

I have seen something to do with this before but I cannot remember why
the actual printing gets stalled or where I found the fix, it was not
an issue at the time so I was not paying attention.

Was it something to do with the windows printer not recognising the
linux print file configuration?

I have these notes that I must have copied from a post at some time (I'm
sorry, but I don't remember who so I can properly attribute it).
***
1) Start YaST
2) Select "Hardware"
3) Select "Printer"
4) Select "Other (not detected)" then press "Configure..."
5) Select "Print via SMB Network Server", then click "Next"
6) Enter the Windows Workgroup name, Windows Printer Server
name (or IP address), printer's Share Name as "remote queue",
and an appropriate Windows userid/password. Click the
"Test remote SMB access" button to ensure the connection
works. If it doesn't, then use the Windows machine's IP
address in the "Host name" field. Press the "Next" button
when all is setup OK.
7) Enter the printer's name as it will be know on your linux
box in the "Name for printing" field. Enter the appropriate
info in the "Description" and "Location" fields.
MAKE SURE THE "Do Local Filtering" CHECKBOX IS CHECKED.
Click the "Next" button.
8) Select the correct printer manufacturer in the left-hand panel.
Select the correct printer model in the right-hand panel.
Click the "Next" button.
9) Click the "Test" button and follow the prompts. When the test
is successful, click the "OK" button.
10) Click the "Finish" button to save the new printer's config.

Yes, in step #7 (see my earlier post) there is a "Test" button on the
panel, BUT this button does NOT work when the "Do Local Filtering"
checkbox is checked. Yet the "Do Local Filtering" MUST be checked when
accessing a Windows printer; so you have to wait until you've selected
the correct printer make/model in step #8, then use the "Test" button
on the panel in step #9 to test it.

Note that the "Test" button on the panel in step #6 tests the network
connection to the Windows machine, but NOT the printer setup. The
"Test" button on the panel in step #9 actually tests the printer setup.
The 2 "Test" buttons together allow testing the network connection and
the printer setup separately. So, you don't leave the panel in Step #6
until that panel's "Test" button advises that the network connection is
working OK.
***

That is all assuming that you have Samba set up properly and can share
files between your XP and Linux boxen. I'm assuming that "everything no
problem" means you do.

Yup!

And you have the printer drivers in SUSE, yes?

Ditto

Malke

Thanks Malke, I knew there was something I had seen regarding the
issue somewhere, will try above but I will restore an image first to
get a clean known start point. I have done way to much fiddling with
this and lost track.

Jonah
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