[solved] [Breezy v5.10] HP ljet 1200 drivers and sharing over samba

[Troy Piggins]

* Troy Piggins <troy at piggo.com> :
> I have a HP Laserjet 1200 connected via parallel port to a Breezy
> box, and am having 2 problems with printing.
> 
> system->administration->printing->new printer detected the printer
> and it's installed.
> 
> The first problem is chosing which driver to use.  Postscript or
> not?  Which is better and why?  Then there are multiple choices once
> you make that decision.  [1] below are the results of me testing all
> of them.
> 
> I've chosen HP(HPLIP) Laserjet 1200 hpijs for now.

I have since adopted the Postscript driver based on a recommendation
I read in a forum, restarted cupd, and it prints ok.  I was sure I
had restarted cupsd the other times I tested, but mustn't have.

> The second problem is sharing this thing via samba.  I've added it
> to smb.conf [2] below is extract from smb.conf.  printuser is a user
> I created both with adduser and smbpasswd.  The idea is that this
> should save me entering all users' names.
> 
> When installing the printer on the WinXP Pro clients, it asks for
> username and password, so give it the details for printuser, click
> remember password.  But when clients reboot it seems to forget that.
> Also, client test page prints come out with errors and jibberish.
> 
> The Windows drivers only give a choice of 2  - HP Laserjet 1200
> Series PCL and HP Laserjet 1200 PS (MS).  I chose the first,
> although it doesn't seem to be working.

I have now chosed the second - PS (MS) driver and it seems to be
working ok for now.

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Troy Piggins
Ubuntu v5.10 (Breezy Badger)