Colin Telmer wrote: > > I have being trying to figure out how to print to a printer attached to a > networked win95 machine using samba for about 2 hours now and I don't seem > to be getting anywhere. I was hoping someone could shed some light on the > matter if I supply some details. > > First of all, I also have win95 on my machine and it prints to the other > machine fine. So there is no problem on the hardware side. > > The printer I am trying to print to is called HPLIII as listed > from the output of "smbclient -L Main" where Main is the server: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Added interface ip=130.15.134.30 bcast=130.15.134.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 > Got a positive name query response from 130.15.134.16 (130.15.134.16) > read socket failed. ERRNO=111 > Server time is Thu May 8 18:52:58 1997 > Timezone is UTC-4.0 > > Server=[MAIN] User=[] Workgroup=[IIGR] Domain=[IIGR] > > Sharename Type Comment > --------- ---- ------- > D Disk > HPLIII Printer > IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication > PRINTER$ Disk > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > My first concern is with the read socket failed. But I don't know what to > do about this (some debuging info below). I have setup a printcap entry as > specified in the print2win mini-howto with a device created by > "touch /dev/iigr" as specified in the bottom of that document. The > printcap entry is: > > iigr|Remote samba printer:\ > :cm=HP III Printer in IIGR Room 301:\ > :lp=/dev/iigr:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/iigr:\ > :af=/var/spool/lpd/iigr/acct:\ > :mx#0:\ > :if=/usr/local/bin/smbprint: > > Question 1: Is acct supposed to be a file that I create or a directory? > > I have also copied smbprint from the /usr/doc/samba/example directory and > placed it in /usr/local/bin as specified above (my exact smbprint is > listed at the end of this file). > > my /etc/smb.conf is > > [global] > printcap name = /etc/printcap > load printers = yes > guest account = nobody > invalid users = root > [printers] > comment = All Printers > browseable = no > path = /tmp > printable = yes > public = no > writable = no > create mode = 0700 > [hpliii] > path = /tmp > readonly = yes > printable = yes > public = true > > and my /var/spool/lpd/iigr/.config is > > server=Main > service=hpliii > password="" > user=terrapin > > So, when I go to print a file using lpr -Piigr foo.txt nothing happens at > the other end. /var/spool/lpd/iigr/status says "lp is ready and printing" > and /tmp/smb-print.log states > > server Main, service hpliii > server Main, service hpliii > > I really don't know what else to add except for the output from testparm, > the output from "smbclient ////main//hpiii -d 4 -P" and my smbprint file: > > PS. I also tried to use the print command from the prompt in smbclient > without sucess. Any help is very much appreciated. Cheers, Colin. >
I can't solve your problem but I can tell you that errno 111 is ECONNREFUSED. Connection refused doesn't seem to really make sense. I've seen this error before from UDP in a CU-SeeMe reflector. I didn't have the source so I couldn't see why I'd get it. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
