printing with Ubuntu in Windows network (NoOp)

[Chris Jeffries]

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> > From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> > Reply-To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: Re: printing with Ubuntu in Windows network
> > Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:55:44 -0700
> > 
> > NoOp wrote:
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> > > 
> > > You might want to try ipp instead:
> > > 
> > > Device URI: ipp://192.168.1.101:631/HPOffice
> > > 
> > > I've had problems with smb in the past and now use ipp on all of my
> > > systems instead. Also check in /var/log/samba and see if you can spot
> > > something in the samba logs as to why the print is not getting through.
> > > 
> > > It's been awhile since I printed from Ubuntu to a Win machine, but I'll
> > > reboot and see if I have any issues printing from Hardy to a WinXPPro
> > > w/Canon MP750 attached.

Thanks for trying that. However, having gone through some analysis steps
(thanks to guidance form this list) I now suspect the file gets to the
Windows spool queue without problem and the problem is likely more to do
with the format of the file that is getting to the printer. 

When the file arrives, the priinter appears to prepare itself to prnt,
but then just stops. And from this point unless you clear th queues on
both machines and stop the widnows spooler, delete the files from its
spool directory and restart it, and power cycle the printer itself,
nothing else will print to the printer either.