> I have a bit of an odd Samba problem. I've got a Gentoo 1.4_rc4 box > running CUPS and Samba sharing a printer on the network. I > can print to > it perfectly from my Gentoo box but Windows PCs (running W2K) cannot > print to the printer in question. > The Windows boxes can get to a shared directory on the Samba > server but > not the printer. I have pasted my smb.conf file below: > > [global] > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > printer = Deskjet > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd > encrypt passwords = yes > > read raw = yes > load printers = yes > name resolve order = lmhosts host bcast > socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY > create mask = 0644 > null passwords = yes > public = yes > dns proxy = no > netbios name = Zim > write cache size = 262144 > writeable = yes > server string = Gentoo Linux Server > printing = cups > default = Deskjet930C > local master = yes > workgroup = WORKGROUP > debug level = 1 > os level = 65 > directory mask = 0755 > > [printers] > comment = All printers > browsable = yes > path = /var/spool/samba > > [Deskjet930C] > printer = Deskjet > printable = yes > > [Shared] > path = /share > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >
If the printer driver is already installed on your Win2k machine, you may need the 'use client driver = Yes' parameter in your [globals] section. See 'man smb.conf' for details. -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
