Justin, You do want to use the samba box to manage your printers; otherwise all of your PCs are going to be fighting over the printers... that gets real ugly real fast!
I don't think you should need to add the printer as a Local Printer, and edit the registry. There may be a better way... set "disable spoolss=no" in smb.conf; add yourself to "printer admins" and "write list"; create the printer share directory and smb.conf entry. Then install whatever drivers you can: extract the current HP drivers to an accessible directory, and have a Win2k directory with SP2 streamlined into it (http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/docs/SPDeploy.doc Page 33). for installing the legacy printer drivers. (e.g. DJ550C for OfficeJet 570's, etc)... Then set "disable spoolss=yes", and restart samba. Install your printers as "Network Printers" and check their Port assignment to see if they're connected to the samba box via a "Lan Manager Printer Port". This is the way Samba used to do it, prior to incorporating the spoolss code. -------------------------------------------- Let us know how it goes, Jim p.s. I'd shorten your printer names... The lpd printer name and the Samba share name don't have to match; I'd try using shorter names for lpd, like "ithpiii". Try typing "lpq -PHPIII_IT_CUBE -l" a few times, and I think you'll agree... I'm lazy, and a slow typer... > -----Original Message----- > From: JUSTIN GERRY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 9:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: [Samba] Win2k Printing Problems > > > I want to be able to use the Samba box as a print server. I just don't > understand why I need to go through all of these steps to > make it work. > > I don't want to use TCP/IP printing on the W2k client, I would love to > be able to click and install a printer through the samba box > without all > this mess. I eventually want to be able to do the automatic > print driver > install as well, but I still can't get the client machines, > Win2k or NT > to add a printer that actually works because of a missing > port section. > > > Based on your comments, if I remove those sections I won't have any > printers listed on the samba box right? > > If anyone has been able to add printers to their Win2k machine and > actually get them to work properly let me know how you did it. Maybe I > am over complicating things. Email me a how to or if you have > configs to > look at just email me directly. > > Thanks, > Justin > > > >>> Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/17 10:52 AM >>> > If you've installed TCP/IP printing on the W2k client and setting up > an > LPR port why bother using Samba for the printing at all? > > If you skip these steps: 1a,1b,2a & 2b(printer),2a & 2b(global), 3h > and > everything after it you should be able to print just fine. > > > > On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 15:26, JUSTIN GERRY wrote: > > 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\Mon > itors\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\Pri > nters\,,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****************************** > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- > 'Nix MS - Just Say .NyET > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
