Re: [TCLUG:17983] Sharing a WinPrinter with SAMBA

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

Does printing from the samba machine work? If it doesn't work from the
server to the printer, it surely won't work from the client to server to
printer.

Andy Zbikowski wrote:
> 
> I've been attempting to share an icky "windows only" printer with samba.
> (lprng)
> 
> Right now, the /etc/printcap looks like:
> (pulled out of the samba documentation)
> 
> raw:\
>         :rw:sh:
>         :lp=/dev/lp0
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/raw
>         :fx=flp
> 
> The printer share from smb.conf is:
> 
> [DeskJet820]
>         security = share
>         path = /var/spool/lpd/raw
>         printer name = raw
>         writeable = yes
>         public = yes
>         printable = yes
>         print command = lpr -b -Praw %s
> 
> Doing a `modprobe lp` detects the printer, so it is there and ready (or
> should be), so according to the documentation, it should work. But it
> isn't. Any ideas?
> 
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