This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C38217.609D0DF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have a printer connected to a small Debian (stable woody) box. I want to print from my Windows box using the drivers on the Windows box (the Linux drivers for the printer are not very good). I did the following: 1. Installed the printer drivers on the Windows box (98 and 2000) and tested printing through the parallel port. It worked. 2. Installed Samba and SWAT on the Linux box. I can talk to Samba using Swat from the Windows box. 3. I started Add Printer on the Windows box, added a network printer, found the samba machine and the printer, and added the printer to my printers' folder. 4. I click on the newly installed printer, click on properties, and then print test page. I get an error message (test page failed to print) on the Windows box, but the samba log file is empty (the file is created, however). If I open Notepad and try to send a print job, I do not get an error, but nothing prints out and the log file is still empty. I think my printcap file is wrong, but I am not sure. Here it is # /etc/printcap: printer capability database. See printcap(5). # You can use the filter entries df, tf, cf, gf etc. for # your own filters. See /etc/filter.ps, /etc/filter.pcl and # the printcap(5) manual page for further details. lp|ij300|Compaq IJ300|Compaq:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :rw: :sh: # rlp|Remote printer entry:\ # :lp=:\ # :rm=remotehost:\ # :rp=remoteprinter:\ # :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\ # :mx#0:\ # :sh: This is my smb.conf file # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 192.168.1.200 (192.168.1.200) # Date: 2003/09/23 09:25:51 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = @HOME server string = %h server (Samba %v) security = SHARE encrypt passwords = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . syslog = 3 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 dns proxy = No [homes] comment = Home Directories create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /tmp create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes use client driver = Yes browseable = No Thanks for any help you can provide! Mark Phillips Phillips Marketing, Inc. 480 945-0798 office 480 945-9197 fax mark@phillipsmarketing.biz ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C38217.609D0DF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have a printer connected to a small Debian (stable woody) box. I want to print from my Windows box using the = drivers on the Windows box (the Linux drivers for the printer are not very good). I = did the following:

 

1. Installed the printer drivers on the Windows box = (98 and 2000) and tested printing through the parallel port. It = worked.

 

2. Installed Samba and SWAT on the Linux box. I can = talk to Samba using Swat from the Windows box.

 

3. I started Add Printer on the Windows box, added a = network printer, found the samba machine and the printer, and added the printer = to my printers’ folder.

 

4. I click on the newly installed printer, click on properties, and then print test page. I get an error message (test page = failed to print) on the Windows box, but the samba log file is empty (the file = is created, however). If I open Notepad and try to send a print job, I do = not get an error, but nothing prints out and the log file is still = empty.

 

I think my printcap file = is wrong, but I am not sure. Here it is

 

# /etc/printcap: printer capability database. = See printcap(5).

# You can use the filter entries df, tf, cf, gf etc. for

# your own filters. See /etc/filter.ps, /etc/filter.pcl = and

# the printcap(5) = manual page for further details.

 

lp|ij300|Compaq IJ300|Compaq:\

        = :lp=3D/dev/lp0:\

=

        = :sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/lp:\

        :rw:       =

        = :sh:

 

# rlp|Remote = printer entry:\

#       &nbs= p; :lp=3D:\

#       &nbs= p; :rm=3Dremotehost:\

#       &nbs= p; :rp=3Dremoteprinter:\

#       &nbs= p; :sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/remote:\

=

#       &nbs= p; :mx#0:\

#       &nbs= p; :sh:

 

This is my smb.conf = file

 

# Samba config file created using = SWAT

# from 192.168.1.200 = (192.168.1.200)

# Date: 2003/09/23 09:25:51

 

# Global parameters

[global]

      workgroup =3D @HOME

      server string =3D %h server (Samba = %v)

      security =3D SHARE

      encrypt passwords =3D = Yes

      passwd program =3D = /usr/bin/passwd %u

      passwd chat =3D = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .

      syslog =3D = 3

      log file =3D /var/log/samba/log.%m

      max log size =3D 1000

      dns proxy =3D = No

 

[homes]

      comment =3D Home = Directories

      create mask =3D 0700

      directory mask =3D = 0700

      browseable =3D = No

 

[printers]

      comment =3D All = Printers

      path =3D /tmp

      create mask =3D 0700

      guest ok =3D Yes

      printable =3D Yes

      use client driver =3D = Yes

      browseable =3D = No

 

Thanks for any help you can = provide!

 

Mark Phillips

Phillips Marketing, = Inc.

480 945-0798 = office

480 945-9197 fax

mark@phillipsmarketing.biz

 

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