By default (i.e., you don't choose any filter for the samba printer), printtool
will use /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/smbprint, which uses smbclient to connect
to the remote samba printer. You may need to debug this file a little bit to see
if it does communicate well with the windows printer. Moreover, if you want to
print ps file to the windows printer (which usually cannot print ps files), you
also need to add some gs command before you send the file to the samba printer.
On the other hand, if you choose your own filter, you need to add the smbclient
command to the filter file (usually, ps-to-printer.fpi). For example, following
is the modification I made to my ps-to-printer.fpi ( under
/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/) file in order to print to my Epson Stylus 860
attached to Windown NT:
.....
elif [ "$GSDEVICE" = "uniprint" ]; then
echo "enter upp">>/tmp/print.log
# Set default *.upp driver (your default printer upp driver here)
if [ "$COLOR" = "" ]; then
COLOR="stcany"
echo "No filename for parameters given. Assume $COLOR."
fi
# the smbclient command is what I added to print to my windows NT printer
eval "$mpage_cmd | gs -q @$COLOR.upp -r$RESOLUTION \
-sPAPERSIZE=$PAPERSIZE \
$EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS \
-sOutputFile=- - |/usr/bin/smbclient \\\\chep26\\epson -U
yourusername%yourpasswd -c \
'printmode graphics;print -' >>/tmp/print.log; echo "done">>/tmp/print.log
.......
Hope this can help.
Chunnuan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Progress!!
>
> This worked for a text file - it did not eject the page, but hey, no big deal.
> Fix that later.
>
> So, now what? Still won't print from programs if I tell it to use lp0 (what
> printtool calls the printer.
>
> Ty
>
> > I'm sure there is a general HowTo on this but I use a similar configuration
> > both at work and at home.
> >
> > First make sure that the Windows Networking is working correctly.
> > >From the command line, run "smbclient //host/printer_share -P" - this
> > should give a ftp like connection where you can give a command to print a
> > local UNIX file.
> > E.g.
> > smbclient //ela/HP693C -P
> > Password: xxxxxx
> > smb: > print /etc/hosts
> > smb: > quit
> >
> > This will halve the problem - whether it is on the UNIX or Windows side.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 7:38 PM
> > Subject: [expert] Samba Printing
> >
> >
> > > I'm having a problem with samba/smb printing. Namely that I can't.
> > >
> > > I have an Epson 740 connected via usb to a windows machine. Windows
> > prints
> > > great. I have it set to share as epson on machine magnolia. I have a
> > password
> > > on the printer.
> > >
> > > In printtool I've told it that it's on file://magnolia/epson. I've got
> > the right
> > > filter installed for it (prints fine when directly connected to linux box
> > via
> > > lp0). I have the password in. I told it the ip of the windows box. It
> > DOES
> > > send some info via the network when I tell it to print. But windows
> > doesn't
> > > even appear to blink.
> > >
> > > I've been working on this for about 4 days, looking all over the net and
> > > nothing seems to get it to work.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thankee!
> > >
> > > Ty C. Mixon
> > > F.T.C. Enterprises
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > ICQ 26147713
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> Ty C. Mixon
> F.T.C. Enterprises
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ 26147713
