On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 09:58 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have seen those problems also. > > If you are certain that you have the correct driver (this must > be right) then try supplying a username and password. > > It is quite possible that 'nobody' doesn't have the correct > access with samba for the printer share to be able to print. > > Within Samba, it checks username/passwords.. even to print.. > > Cleanest way is to make sure you have the user registered on > the debian etch printing machine with smbpasswd. > > In the print administration, click and select the log in with > a user option if you need to test with a know userid/password.
Why use samba for any of the printing stuff? Cups works perfectly, nicely, properly. I even use cups for windows to print raw to an epson photo printer, the only missing bit is the ink-level feedback and despite all the PR epson's win print of photos is better than their linux offering. (Clearly Visible) James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html