Re: [Samba] Problems sharing HP Officejet 6210 Linux -- XP
Larry, Comparing your smb.conf to mine, for CUPS printing, I don't see the global parameters printing = cups printcap name = cups Also, I assume you have assigned rights/privileges to add/manage printers as described here: http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/rights.html#id341486 Dale 1arrybarnett wrote: [cross-posted from www.tek-tips.com] Dear samba forum, I've now wasted most of a weekend on this issue, so now it's time to swallow my pride and ask for help! Background: My main home computer died. I can't afford to replace it right now, so I'm attempting to retread an old AMD PC into a linux print/file server. Clients are a mixed bag of Windows XP home/professional PCs. The printer is an HP Officejet 6210 multifunction print/scan/fax. I'm only attempting to get basic printing working between Windows/Linux. File shares to the PCs are working great. The printer is working locally via cups and hplip. The printer is exported via Samba and is visible from the windows boxes (i.e., you can see it in Network Neighborhood and get the status of the print queue using the DOS 'net print' command). You can see my smb.conf file at the bottom of this post. Problem: The basic catch-22 with this printer model is that the drivers aren't part of the standard XP distro. The XP printer installation wizard expects the drivers to be available from the print server. After searching the net, I came across this basic installation method: 1. Temporarily plug the printer into the XP PC and install the drivers from the Printer CD. Then plug the printer back into the linux server. At this point 2 techniques were suggested, neither of which worked for me: 2a. Go back to the wizard and install the remote printer, using the correct driver this time. This apparantly succeeds, but printint the test page fails with an uninformative popup inviting me to go to the troubleshooting wizard (which is equally unhelpful). or 2b. Hack the local printer configuration by going to properties--ports and creating a Local port with the value \\servername\printername, as shared by Samba. This step fails for me with error 66 The network resource type is not correct. So that's it, I'm stuck. I would love to hear from anyone who has worked through this problem already. Failing that, how can I pick apart this problem to figure out what's failing? Note: There was also some discussion in the forums about the print$ share and loading drivers on the Linux box, but I never figured out if that was relevant to my use case (Linux server/Windows client). Many thanks in advance to those who reply. Cheers, Larry My smb.conf # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2007/04/08 18:33:12 [global] workgroup = HOMENET server string = Samba Server log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g samba-clients -s /bin/false -M %u os level = 65 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes dns proxy = No wins support = Yes ldap ssl = no cups options = raw [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /usr/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [hp6210] comment = The HP multifunction printer w. scan and fax capability path = /usr/spool/samba printer admin = root, lbarnett read only = No guest ok = Yes min print space = 2000 printable = Yes cups options = printer name = hp6210 oplocks = No share modes = No [shared] available = No [print$] comment = Samba print driver download area path = /etc/samba/drivers admin users = root, lbarnett guest ok = Yes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Problems sharing HP Officejet 6210 Linux -- XP
Update: Another weekend shot, and nothing to show for it. I must say, this system is really not ready for primetime. I explored the whole print$ share issue and attempted to load my XP drivers into it. This effort came acropper because of the following things that didn't work: Attempting to load drivers using the Windows Add Printer Wizard - According to the Samba-HOWTO... Installation of a valid printer driver is not straightforward. You must attempt to view the printer properties for the printer to which you want the driver assigned. Open Windows Explorer, open Network Neighborhood, browse to the Samba host, open Samba's Printers folder, right-click on the printer icon, and select Properties You are now trying to view printer and driver properties for a queue that has this default NULL driver assigned. This will result in the following error message: “ Device settings cannot be displayed. The driver for the specified printer is not installed, only spooler properties will be displayed. Do you want to install the driver now?” ...but it doesn't. All I get is an info page telling me the queue name and host, with an ok and cancel button. Attempting to load the drivers using rpcclient --- The basic method suggested was: 1. Print out the printer test page on the windows box to get the list of needed files. Ok. I did this. It's a long list for the 6210. 2. Copy these files to the W32X86 subdirectory of the samba print$ share. The suggested method assumed you already had the drivers on a L/Unix workstation, since it involved using smbclient to copy the files. As it happens, I have cygwin openssh on my laptop so I used that. Ok so far. 3. Run rpcclient adddriver to get the files in the right locations and tell Samba about the new driver. This didn't work. Here's my commandline: rpcclient -d 4 -U'root%**' -c 'adddriver Windows NT x86 \ hp6210:hpz2ku12.dll:hpop6212.dat:hpzpm312.dll:hpfmom12.hlp:NULL:RAW:\ hpzpm312.dll,hpzimc12.dll,hpzstw12.exe,hpzslk12.dll,hpzr3212.dll,hpzrm312.dll,\ hpzcon12.dll,hpzcfg12.exe,hpzeng12.exe,hpzflt12.dll,hpzime12.dll,hpzjui12.dll,\ hpzpre12.exe,hpzres12.dll,hpzstc12.exe,hpztbi12.dll,hpztbu12.exe,hpztbx12.exe,\ hpzlnt12.dll,hpzsnt12.dll,hpcoi12.dll,hpzvip12.dll,hpzims12.dll,hpzpcl12.dll,hpofax08.dll,\ hpof6212.dat 3' LINUXSERVER This command returned WERR_UNKNOWN_PRINTER_DRIVER Now for the latest catch-22. All of the examples I've seen regarding the above command assume existence of a printer .PPD file describing the printer; however, on Windows, the printer is described by a binary .DAT file. I am confused. Do I need a PPD file that describes my windows dlls, exes, etc? If so, what does such a file Or do I need to download some CUPS-specific windows drivers and use those instead of the HP-provided drivers? My current status is that a) I can't load windows drivers into the samba [print$] share. Absent those, when I try to connect to the Samba printer from the windows client, it apparently succeeds, but all panels in the printer properties are greyed out. Man, am I stuck! Cheers, Larry -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problems-sharing-HP-Officejet-6210-Linux---%3E-XP-tf3556303.html#a10007816 Sent from the Samba - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Problems sharing HP Officejet 6210 Linux -- XP
When sharing a printer via samba you can upload windows' drivers to samba server. I spent many time to do this solution. It's needed upload the driver and create a correct device mode. Upload driver for a samba server can be make either rpcclient(hard mode) or using Windows Wizard for add drivers(easy mode). Please before make any changes on server read from title - Creating the [print$] Share to - Setting Default Print Options for Client Drivers here: http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/classicalprinting.html#id358044 2007/4/10, 1arrybarnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Problem: The basic catch-22 with this printer model is that the drivers aren't part of the standard XP distro. The XP printer installation wizard expects the drivers to be available from the print server. After searching the net, I came across this basic installation method: 1. Temporarily plug the printer into the XP PC and install the drivers from the Printer CD. Then plug the printer back into the linux server. Nooo... please don't do this. worse workaround. :-) At this point 2 techniques were suggested, neither of which worked for me: 2a. Go back to the wizard and install the remote printer, using the correct driver this time. This apparantly succeeds, but printint the test page fails with an uninformative popup inviting me to go to the troubleshooting wizard (which is equally unhelpful). or 2b. Hack the local printer configuration by going to properties--ports and creating a Local port with the value \\servername\printername, as shared by Samba. This step fails for me with error 66 The network resource type is not correct. For me work.. but isn't necessary. So that's it, I'm stuck. I would love to hear from anyone who has worked through this problem already. Failing that, how can I pick apart this problem to figure out what's failing? Note: There was also some discussion in the forums about the print$ share and loading drivers on the Linux box, but I never figured out if that was relevant to my use case (Linux server/Windows client). Many thanks in advance to those who reply. Cheers, Larry -- Att. Lutieri G. B. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Problems sharing HP Officejet 6210 Linux -- XP
[cross-posted from www.tek-tips.com] Dear samba forum, I've now wasted most of a weekend on this issue, so now it's time to swallow my pride and ask for help! Background: My main home computer died. I can't afford to replace it right now, so I'm attempting to retread an old AMD PC into a linux print/file server. Clients are a mixed bag of Windows XP home/professional PCs. The printer is an HP Officejet 6210 multifunction print/scan/fax. I'm only attempting to get basic printing working between Windows/Linux. File shares to the PCs are working great. The printer is working locally via cups and hplip. The printer is exported via Samba and is visible from the windows boxes (i.e., you can see it in Network Neighborhood and get the status of the print queue using the DOS 'net print' command). You can see my smb.conf file at the bottom of this post. Problem: The basic catch-22 with this printer model is that the drivers aren't part of the standard XP distro. The XP printer installation wizard expects the drivers to be available from the print server. After searching the net, I came across this basic installation method: 1. Temporarily plug the printer into the XP PC and install the drivers from the Printer CD. Then plug the printer back into the linux server. At this point 2 techniques were suggested, neither of which worked for me: 2a. Go back to the wizard and install the remote printer, using the correct driver this time. This apparantly succeeds, but printint the test page fails with an uninformative popup inviting me to go to the troubleshooting wizard (which is equally unhelpful). or 2b. Hack the local printer configuration by going to properties--ports and creating a Local port with the value \\servername\printername, as shared by Samba. This step fails for me with error 66 The network resource type is not correct. So that's it, I'm stuck. I would love to hear from anyone who has worked through this problem already. Failing that, how can I pick apart this problem to figure out what's failing? Note: There was also some discussion in the forums about the print$ share and loading drivers on the Linux box, but I never figured out if that was relevant to my use case (Linux server/Windows client). Many thanks in advance to those who reply. Cheers, Larry My smb.conf # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2007/04/08 18:33:12 [global] workgroup = HOMENET server string = Samba Server log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g samba-clients -s /bin/false -M %u os level = 65 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes dns proxy = No wins support = Yes ldap ssl = no cups options = raw [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /usr/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [hp6210] comment = The HP multifunction printer w. scan and fax capability path = /usr/spool/samba printer admin = root, lbarnett read only = No guest ok = Yes min print space = 2000 printable = Yes cups options = printer name = hp6210 oplocks = No share modes = No [shared] available = No [print$] comment = Samba print driver download area path = /etc/samba/drivers admin users = root, lbarnett guest ok = Yes -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problems-sharing-HP-Officejet-6210-Linux---%3E-XP-tf3556303.html#a9930048 Sent from the Samba - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
