Sorry (here's the breif version):

1) Troubleshoot:  "What is it - what is it not?"

What do your logs say?

Example /var/log/samba/

[2008/10/26 14:33:08, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(252)
  spidersvr (10.217.7.11) couldn't find service
::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}
***********************

2) Verify Cups PDF settings: "Divide and conquer.."

What changed?  Did you upgrade any drivers?

---excerpt from Reference---(see below)

Leveraging Linux Printers

Adding a Postscript Spool for Our Printer
To add and share a new spool for the Canon i560 printer that accepts Postscript print jobs, justfollow these steps. Bear in mind that we must use the older (but compatible) Canon BJC-7000 driver. That’s because no driver specifically for the Canon i560 <sic "was"> is included with Fedora or avail-
able on www.linuxprinting.org as of this writing.
What if we needed to use a printer that wasn’t supported by Fedora? We’d check www.linuxprinting.org for an appropriate driver. www.linuxprinting.org offers PPD files for many printers. These can then be imported into the CUPS printing system using the “Import PPD” option on the “Actions” menu of the Fedora printer configuration tool.
1.
Pull down the “Applications” menu and drill down to System Settings Printing. Wait for the printer configuration tool to appear.
2.
Click the “New” button to add a new print queue.
3.
Click “Forward” on the explanatory page that follows.
4.
On the “Queue name” page, enter LinPrinter1
in the “Name” field. In the “Short
description” field, enter Linux Printer One
or another descriptive name that you like.
Click “Forward.”
5.
On the “Queue type” page, pull down the “Select a queue type” menu and pick “Locally-connected”
6.
In the list box beneath that menu, select “/dev/lp0.” Then click “Forward.”
7.
On the “Printer model” page, pull down the “Manufacturer” menu and pick “Canon.”
Then scroll through the list of models and pick “BJC 7000.” Click “Forward.”
8.
The “Finish, and Create the New Print Queue” page appears. Click “Finished.”
9.
When asked whether you wish to print a test page, click the “Yes” button. A test page will emerge after a short delay.


Reference:  http://port25.technet.com/videos/winlinchapter.pdf

3) Challenge your Assumptions:  "PDF - some printer drivers don't support PDF..."

Have you EVER been able to print to a PDF?

http://www.linux.com/feature/61826

http://www.linuxprinting.org/  - check features of drivers here.

4)  Other information:  "Did you know..."

cups-pdf will allow you to print to a PDF.

Did you know you can also use Ghostscript to create a psuedo printer device to print directly to a PDF from a Windows based system using Samba?

Reference:  http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:_mv73Q9Q0EUJ:www.reverendlinux.com/linux/mpdf.pdf+XP+workstation+to+my+samba+shared+pdf+format&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us&client=firefox-a


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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:13:08 -0700
From: eric.cope@gmail.com
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: samba and pdfs

Or switching between pcl and ps drivers. That has stopped by ability to print pdfs before.
Eric

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:
On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 13:32 -0700, Sean Roe wrote:
> I guess some more details would be helpful:
>
> I am using a raw printer: here is the samba.conf lines that are
> important:
>
> cups options = raw
> printing = cups
> local master = Yes
> printcap name = cups
> security = share
> printer = Cannon560
> load printers = yes
>
> [Cannon560]
>         public = yes
>         writable = no
>         printable = yes
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         use client driver = Yes
>
> I am using the Canon i560 driver on the Windows boxes

> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> wrote:
>
>         On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 12:20 -0700, Sean Roe wrote:
>         > Hi All,
>         >
>         > I am trying to print a pdf from an XP workstation to my
>         samba shared
>         > printer attached to a fedora core 9 server.  I can print
>         other kinds
>         > of docs from each workstation (email, spreadsheets, pictures
>         and the
>         > like) but for some reason I cant print PDFs.  The printer is
>         a canon
>         > i560 on the lpt port,  I have tried different PDFs and even
>         different
>         > clients (Adobe and Foxit Reader) and the same behavior
>         happens: the
>         > priniting dialog comes up I accept it, it starts the
>         printing progress
>         > bar, sits in that state for approx minute and then returns
>         like it
>         > worked.   If sombody could point me to a resource, I have
>         spent an
>         > hour looking on the web to no avail, I would be most
>         thankful.
>
>         ----
>         generally, I use windows native print drivers and set up cups
>         to give me
>         a 'raw' printer that just allows the windows native print
>         driver to work
>         without putting print code through the ghostscript
>         interpreter.
>
>         You don't say how you are actually printing so it's hard to
>         give you
>         anything specific here.
>
>         In general, a PDF should print just like any other document.
>
>         Craig
----
well the whole point of RAW printing and native print driver is that the
only place to lay blame for printing issues is the print driver itself
because RAW merely passes the packets through as they are received and
does absolutely nothing to alter them.

You might want to check Canon for a more recent driver or their support
pages for solving this issue.

Craig

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