hi ya martin
the printcap looks okay... what does the printcap look like for the linux box connected with the phaser printer??? - what does its smb.conf look like ?? c ya alvin On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Martin A. Hansen wrote: > hi again > > maybe i didnt get it clear that the printer is a network printer. the printer > is located on the external network. i have a linux router connecting the > internal and external networks. on the internal network i have a linux box, > win boxes and macs which i want to be able to print on the printer via the > router. my first goal is to get the internal linux box to print (i can print > from the linux router just fine :). however, i get permission error when > printing from the internal linux box. > > internal linux box printcap: > > lp|phaser|Tektronix Phaser 560:\ > :sh:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/phaser:\ > :rm=192.168.0.10:\ > :rp=raw: > > router printcap: > > lp|phaser|Tektronix Phaser 560:\ > :sh:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/phaser:\ > :rm=130.226.119.169:\ > :rp=raw: > > i think it looks alright? mayby its a problem with iptables? > > > ? > > martin > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 07:56:30PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > > hi ya > > > > on the linux box with the local printer... > > ( call it lpserver ) > > # > > # look for sd, lp and some kind of "input filter"(if) > > # > > lp|phaser|:\ > > :sh:\ > > :ml=0:\ > > :mx=0:\ > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/phaser:\ > > -->> :lp=/dev/lp0:\ > > :lpd_bounce=true:\ > > :if=/usr/share/printconf/mf_wrapper: > > > > -- dont forget to stop and start the lpd > > > > -- what is the output of "lpc status" > > > > -- did it print a file ?? > > lpr -Phaser /etc/printcap > > > > your printcap on the remote linux box looks fine.. > > ( call it lpclient ) > > > lp|phaser|Tektronix Phaser 560:\ > > > :sh:\ > > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/phaser:\ > > -->> > :rm=192.168.0.10:\ > > > :rp=raw: > > > > -- dont forget to stop and start the lpd > > > > -- what is the output of "lpc status" > > > > -- did it print a file ?? > > lpr -Pphaser /etc/printcap > > > > for your linux printer server... lets make it lpserver...that windoze is > > trying to connect to it... > > > > lpserver# vi /etc/samba/smb.conf > > ... > > > > encrypt passwords = yes > > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > > > > ... > > > > [homes] > > comment = Home Directories > > path = /opt/home > > browseable = no > > writable = yes > > > > .... > > # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to > > # specifically define each individual printer > > [printers] > > comment = All Printers > > path = /var/spool/samba > > browseable = no > > # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print > > guest ok = no > > printable = yes > > print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r %s ; rm %s > > # > > # name of the samba'ized printer > > # > > printer = xerox > > printing = BSD > > read only = yes > > > > -- restart samba > > > > -- what is the output of "testprns xerox /etc/printcap" > > > > === in order for Windozed to see the "xerox" printer connected > > === to lpserver in their network neighborhood... you need to > > === define your samba passwd > > == ( try to make it different from your ssh login and > > == your windoze login > > === > > === lpserver# cd /etc/samba ; smbpasswd <you> > > === > > > > now fire up MS word ... and print a couple sentences to the pritner... > > and than do "Add (network) Printer" to your list of printers > > ( it should have its own printer drivers ) > > > > > > c ya > > alvin > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Martin A. Hansen wrote: > > > > > hi > > > > > > i have two linux boxes. one acts as router and is connected to a network > > > printer on the remote network. printing from the server to the remote > > > printer works. > > > > > > now printing from the linux box on the internal network to the router > > > dont work: > > > > > > i get this error from lpq: > > > > > > > > > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Tektronix Phaser 560' (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > > > Server: no server active > > > Status: keeping error job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at 19:01:35.913 > > > Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time > > > error [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 28 ERROR: job removal > > > requested > > > `no connect permissions > > > > > > > > > my printcap looks like this: > > > > > > # REMOTE print > > > lp|phaser|Tektronix Phaser 560:\ > > > :sh:\ > > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/phaser:\ > > > :rm=192.168.0.10:\ > > > :rp=raw: > > > > > > > > > what do i do? > > > > > > btw, winboxes connected with samba on the internal network cant connect > > > to the printer either. > > > > > > > > > martin > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]