[WBEL-users] Samba and print queues/printing

qsm qsm@easy-technologies.com
Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:32:41 -0600


in the smb.conf add the follow in the section [printers]:

print command = lpr -P %p -o raw -r %s

-P %p send the jod to the printer.
-o raw use the driver in the windows clients
-r %s erase the job after print it.

maybe that work for you

PD: my english is no good.


---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Nigel Kendrick" <nigel.kendrick@petdoctors.co.uk>
To: <whitebox-users@beau.org>
Sent: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:38:41 +0100
Subject: [WBEL-users] Samba and print queues/printing

> I have a Tosh laser accessible for Windows 2K clients via samba/cups 
> on my WBEL server.
> 
> Printing is fine from Windows PCs except that if you look at the 
> print queue it shows old jobs as if they were still in the queue - sometimes
> stretching back several days - at the moment, the Tosh allegedly has 
> 93 jobs waiting.
> 
> As a side issue I had an Epson Stylus C62 setup on the Linux server too
> - this worked fine until a month or so ago and now print jobs from
> Windows clients just go nowhere. The printer was originally setup on 
> a USB port but I've now moved it to a parallel port. I seem to 
> recall that maybe a Samba update came down via yum at around this 
> time but can't be sure.
> 
> Both the Tosh and The Epson print OK from the Linux world.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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