Cups-Samba Printserver for windows clients

[Helge Blischke]

Angela Gavazzi wrote:
> 
> > Angela Gavazzi wrote:
> > >
> > > Hallo!
> > >
> > > I'm setting up a new machine as cups printserver for my windows clients. I have a running installation which I have to replace. It's debian woody with cups 1.1.20 and samba 3.0.14 (both from backports)
> > > New Machine is a kubuntu server install.
> > > It comes with cups 1.1.23 and samba 3.0.10...
> > >
> > > On the old machine I'm used to install the printer for cups with some ppds and then cupsaddsmb the driver for the windows clients, then doubleclick the printer from windows - and it works.
> > >
> > > Does anybody know how I can perform this now, as the new cups is not compatible with the old driver and the new driver is beta, which I would prefer not to use productive.
> > >
> > > - I don't wont to compile the driver under windows, as it looks necessary from the readme for the new driver.
> > > - I tryed to add the new cups6*.dlls to the v5.dlls - but sincerely I don't have any idea how to get this running.
> > > - I was not able to install cups 1.1.20 with the new samba version on my kubuntu machine.
> > >
> > > Thanks very much i.a.
> > >
> > > angela
> >
> > You could try to re-install the old cups-windows stuff by performing all the steps that cupsaddsmb does
> > by hand, as described in detail in chapter 20 of the "official samba howto" (download it from samba.org).
> 
> That was the first think I tried. I can install all, can also then connect to the printer from windows, but cannot print anything. Error is somethink like: it was not possible to print(translated from german)
> The Printer is one I successfully use with the old installation.
> 

What does the /var/log/cups/error_log tell you? Are you print jobs really scheduled?
What does the printing related sections in your smb.conf look like?
If the print jobs manage to reach your Linux box, try to intercept a sample job (stop the printer via
disable command) and post (an URL to) a saved copy of that job.

Helge



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Helge Blischke
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