Linux printer share quit working

[Alex Janssen]

Linda Hanigan said the following on 11/26/2007 12:15 AM:
> Did you get your printer working? I had a similar problem with a samba
> printer a little over a month ago. I could see the printer from the
> windows XP box but it refused to print. I tried fixing it from the Linux
> side but it did not work. Then I tried fixing it from the windows side.
> First I tried reinstalling the smb printer it did not work. Then I set
> it up as a cups printer instead of as a samba printer in windows. Here
> is what I did that worked
> Windows Client setup
>       * Click Start/Settings/Printers and Faxes. 
>         
>       * Click "Add a Printer". 
>         
>       * Click Next. 
>         
>       * Select "Add a network printer ..." and click the Next button. 
>         
>       * Select "Connect to a printer on the Internet..." and type in the
>         URL for the print queue. It will look like
>         http://server_IP:631/printers/PrinterName (the PrinterName is
>         the same from the localhost:631 entry of your printer). Then
>         click the Next button. 
>         
>       * In the next windows select your printer model. have driver
>         choose the one on CD English/Drivers/WindowsXP/1320.PS and
>         install. 
>         
>       * Click Finsh
>         
> I wondered if a Windows update broke the setup as I had not made any
> changes recently to the Linux box. Anyway hope this helps if you haven't
> solved your problem yourself by now.
>                          Linda
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 08:44 -0500, Alex Janssen wrote:
>   
>> One more note on this ...
>> If I connect this printer to a Windows XP box,  I can print to it using 
>> the same commands on the SCO box, just by changing the server name in 
>> the device line.
>> I'm going to look in the cups error_log more extensively soon as I get 
>> to work today.  If I find something, I'll post it in case it helps 
>> someone else.
>>
>> Alex
>>
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>>     
I got steamed about this situation.  So, I read the manuals(fancy that!) 
and read and read ...

What I ended up with was dumping Samba printer sharing.  CUPS can handle 
it all by itself!

I setup a RAW printer on the server connected to /dev/lp0,  cups-lpd run 
via xinetd on-demand and print to it with "lp -d rawprintername 
-onobanner anyfilename" from SCO Unix.

What I did:
Read ...
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell

http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse91/suselinux-adminguide/html/ch05s05.html 


http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_Your_Own_Filters_to_Print_with_CUPS

Add a raw printer on the server:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/contribs/rvandenaker/beta/e-smith-cups/documentation/howtos/cups-add-printer.html 


What I did:
Log in to the server via http://hostiporname:631/admin
Add Printer - give it a name
Select lpt #1 as the device
Pick RAW as the printer make/manufacturer.
Pick Raw Queue for the model.
Click Set Options
You're done.

Make sure xinetd is installed and running.
Put a cups file in /etc/xinetd.d as per the man page on cups-lpd.
    I added -n to the server parameters line.

Set up a remote printer on SCO Unix.

Print to it from SCO via "lp -onobanner -dprintername nameoffiletoprint".

Print to it from Windows as per 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingFromWinXP?highlight=%28sharing%29%7C%28printer%29

Today, it is working great!  The print jobs show up in the CUPS queue 
list(Samba was bypassing this) and you can stop it on a dime!  You can 
delete and move jobs, too.  Some in the office now think I'm a genius!  
;-)  Doesn't hurt.  I'll ride it for a while.

Best,
  Alex

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