Hi Gang! I've recently set up a TAO Linux box, which has SAmba 3.0.2 and Cups 1.1.17.
I have a Lexmark Optra Color 40 Postscript inkjet printer directly attached to the parallel port, and working. After considerable pain I was able to get XP Home to print to that printer (using the 15 step method, as the simple method kept refusing to work). Now I'm trying to get Windoze 98 to print to the same printer. The XP is on a separate box, but the '98 is in a VM Ware Workstation session. I can browse to the linux host, in '98, see and access its shares, and can even configure the printer in windows. But when printing to it, nothing useful happens. Windows thinks it succeeded. The printer's busy light blinks for a minute or two then stops but no paper ever appears. note that this is the same symptoms I had wiht XP before I found the lengthy samba/cups documentation. Unfortunately, that documentation does not tell how to set up printing from W98 to samba/cups, and trying the same method does not work for me. Can someone point me in the right direction please? Fred PS: I can boot a Knoppix Cd in the VMware workstation, and use it to configure printing on a SMB printer pointing to the same Lexmark printer share on the linux host, and it works fine. So, since both Knoppix and XP can print successfully on the shared printer, I believe it must be set up properly. Here's the smb.conf.file: [global] workgroup = HOME server string = FCSHOME Samba Server hosts allow = 192.168.2. 127. printcap name = cups load printers = yes printing = cups log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 security = user domain logons = yes dns proxy = no #============================ Share Definitions ============================== [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S read only = No create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 browseable = no [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no public = yes guest ok = yes writable = no printable = yes printer admin = root [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /etc/samba/drivers guest ok = no read only = yes write list = root [smbshare] comment = Shared directory for Samba users path = /home/shared writable = yes browseable = yes printable = no -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------
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