Printing to Samba-shared printer from WinXP

From: Dave Weaver (zen13097_at_zen.co.uk)
Date: 12/30/03 

Date: 30 Dec 2003 07:56:38 GMT

I'm having difficulty printing to a samba-shared printer from Windows XP.
The server is Fedora Core 1, running Samba 3,0,0-15.
The client is WindowsXP Home.
The printer is a Canon i850, connected via /dev/usb/lp0, using the
driver from www.turboprint.de - I can print fine from Linux.

On the Windows client I can add the printer as a network printer (it shows
up fine when browsing the network), install the driver, and the printer
shows up in my Printers 'folder' with a status of "ready".

If I try to print a Windows test page, I get no errors, and Windows seems
to be under the impression that everything went fine, but I get no output
on the printer, and "lpstat" and "lpq" indicate that there's no problem
and nothing to print.

The time on the spool directory /var/spool/samba gets modified to the time
I tried the print, so I guess somethings happening, but I get no output
and no error messages, and nothing in any samba logs.

My /etc/printcap file is:

    # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
    # /etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file
    # will be lost.
    tp0|tp0:rm=dontmind.net:rp=tp0:

The printers section in smb.conf is:

    [printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/spool/samba
    browseable = yes
    public = yes
    guest ok = yes
    writable = yes
    printable = yes
    use client driver = yes

Can anyone shed some light on my problem? Why can't I print from
Windows? How can I better diagnose the problem?

Thanks,
Dave.

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