Here is my now messy printer install to get Win2k SP2 boxes to work properly. If
anyone has anything to add to this let me know.
I really wish it was possible to get Samba to report some sort of dummy printer port
for Win2k so it would add a section under "Monitors". The share name with the slashes
seem to give Win2k a hard time, as it can not add a print monitor anywhere in the
registry.
And I still have not even looked into getting the print driver to automatically
install.
Thanks,
Justin
******Start of How to***********
How to Setup Samba and LPR to print to HP Jetdirect boxes from a Win2k machine.
*I am assuming you already have samba up and running*
I will be adding a printer I call *HPIII_IT_CUBE*, which is an HP Laserjet 3 printer
to with a Jetdirect box attached to it. FYI, my samba server is called "samba".
1) On the linux box:
a) create a dir for samba to spool to. Usually its
/var/spool/samba
b) chmod 01777 /var/spool/samba
c) chown root.daemon /var/spool/samba
d) create a spool dir in /var/spool/lpd with the name of the
printer (my case its HPIII_IT_CUBE)
e) chown lp.lp /var/spool/lpd/HPIII_IT_CUBE
f) Edit printcap file
In the printcap file make sure that each printer has entries modeled after
this example:
HPIII_IT_CUBE:\
:rm=172.30.12.25:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/HPIII_IT_CUBE:\
:rp=raw:
g) Restart LPR (service lpd restart), it should come up clean
with no errors
h) Run testprns to see if you get an ok
2) In the smb.conf under printers section:
Change or add the following under the [printer] section
a) path=/var/spool/samba
b) use client driver=yes
Change or add the following under the [global] section
a) printcap name =/etc/printcap
b) load printers = yes
3) On the Win2k box:
a) Browse to file server and double click on the printer
b) It should ask you for a driver file, go through the usual APW
motions (adding HPIII driver etc..)
c) Go back to APW, install a *Local Printer*
d) In Select the Printer Port go to *create a new port*
e) Select *LPR Port*
f) In *Name or address of server providing lpd* put the name of your samba server
(my case its samba)
g) In *Name of printer or print queue on that server* put the name from your
printcap file of the printer you just added (my case it is HP_III_IT_CUBE)
h) Load regedit or regedit32 (see next messy section)
REGEDIT:
We will be working in:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\
1) You should now see an entry under the LPR Port under the
Monitor tab like this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\LPR
Port\Ports\samba:hpiii_it_cube]
"Server Name"="Samba"
"Printer Name"="hpiii_it_cube"
"OldSunCompatibility"=dword:00000000
"HpUxCompatibility"=dword:00000000
"EnableBannerPage"=dword:00000000
2) Now go to the tab:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\,,samba,hp_iii_it_cube]
a) Find the key called *Port*, it should say
*Port=\\samba\hpiii_it_cube*
b) Change the *Port* tab to: *Port=samba:hpiii_it_cube* which will then
match the pointer in the monitor tab that we set up in Step 1
3) Go back to "Settings" then "Printers" and right click to bring up the properties.
a) Click on Ports tab
b) You should see a checkmark next to a lpr port with a servername/printer like we see
from step 1
***********End How to******************************
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