Samba printing (status =held )

[Patrick Asselman]

On 2013-08-13 16:17, Bill Stanley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have two computers,
>
> 1. A desktop to which my printer is attached.  The desktop computer
> is a Linux machine and acts as a samba server.
>
> 2. A laptop which dual boots Windows 7 and Linux.
>
> The problem is printing with the laptop.  The printer works correctly
> when corrected directly to the laptop or the desktop so I am sure 
> that
> it is not a printer hardware problem.  When I try to print something
> on the laptop using the samba network, the job goes to the desktop 
> for
> printing but nothing is printed.  When I view the printer queue, the
> laptops print job is shown but its status is "held".  I tried
> everything to get the print job to print but no success.   I'm sure I
> overlooked something, but what is it?  Any suggestions?

The way I see it the problem can be either:
* CUPS for some reason holds the jobs. Maybe the queue is stopped? This 
can be checked via http://localhost:631/ on the desktop.
* Samba for some reason holds the jobs. I don't have up-to-date 
knowledge on Samba so I cannot help you there.

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman