On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > I had tried the first item you suggested before reverting back to normal > lpr, I do recall. I also seem to remember that in some of Samba's > documentation, the lprng option was mentioned, while in other areas where > the options for printing were listed, lprng was not mentioned. > > I do not recall if I tried the second thing, but lpq, lprm, and lpr all > worked fine from the local box, and lpr worked from Win95. If somebody > could print, I would think that they would also have permission to view the > queue. >
I have switched back to regular lpr myself. I tried lprng briefly, but the errors I was getting didn't make any sense to me at all, so I just switched back to regular lpr. I still haven't fixed my lpr problem, but I think I am getting closer. Basically, what is happening is that when I print a file, the printer starts up but all that comes out is a blank page. I know there is still a line feed problem (as there is initially with many printers), but the file I am printing has text on the first line that should show fine. I have worked through the printing HowTo, but I haven't managed to figure this one out. When I print a file, it is getting sent to the spool directory just fine, but somewhere between there and the printer, all the data is being lost...... Scott > On Mar 3, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > > > > > > i've got it running on my system, using lprng & magicfilter with . > > > > samba no problems. it works . > > > > > > Not in my experience. I also tried lprng, magicfilter, and samba. I > > > found the same "nonprintable" option and turned it off. The Win95 box > > > appeared to print correctly, BUT it could NOT view the print queue, > > > delete sent jobs, etc. With lpr instead of lprng, the Win95 box could > > > do all of that like it is supposed to be able to. > > > > a couple of things that might help: > > > > 1. check your /etc/smb.conf. Does it have a line like: > > > > printing = lprng > > > > in the [global] section > > > > see man pages for samba and smb.conf - samba has specific support for > > lprng. > > > > > > 2. check your /etc/lpd.perms - you may not have set up the permissions > > correctly to allow the win95 box to see the queue and/or delete jobs. > > > > > > craig > > -- > John Goerzen | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) > Custom Programming | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >
