I have been trying, with no luck, to print to a printer shared from an
NT box. I was wondering if someone could make some suggestions. The
two machines involved, an NT (lager) box and a Debian Linux (stout)
box, are located on my LAN at home. Lager can get to shares on the
Stout via samba, with no problem. I can ping the Lager from Stout. The
actual lpr command goes fine, but it just sits there. When I check the
queue with lpq, it indicates lager is not up.
Can anyone help?
-- output of lpq
waiting for lager to come up
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st root 43 /etc//printcap 559 bytes
-- printcap
# /etc/printcap: printer capability database. See printcap(5).
# You can use the filter entries df, tf, cf, gf etc. for
# your own filters. See /etc/filter.ps, /etc/filter.pcl and
# the printcap(5) manual page for further details.
lp|epson|Epson Color Stylus 500:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
:if=/usr/local/etc/smbprint:\
:mx=0:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:
#lp|epson|Epson Color Stylus 500:\
# :sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\
# :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
# :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
# :rp=:lager:\
# :rm=:lager:\
# :sh:\
# :sf:
-- /usr/local/etc/smbprint
#!/bin/sh -x
# This script is an input filter for printcap printing on a unix machine. It
# uses the smbclient program to print the file to the specified smb-based
# server and service.
# For example you could have a printcap entry like this
#
# smb:lp=/dev/null:sd=/usr/spool/smb:sh:if=/usr/local/samba/smbprint
#
# which would create a unix printer called "smb" that will print via this
# script. You will need to create the spool directory /usr/spool/smb with
# appropriate permissions and ownerships for your system.
# Set these to the server and service you wish to print to
# In this example I have a WfWg PC called "lapland" that has a printer
# exported called "printer" with no password.
#
# Script further altered by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Hamilton)
# so that the server, service, and password can be read from
# a /usr/var/spool/lpd/PRINTNAME/.config file.
#
# In order for this to work the /etc/printcap entry must include an
# accounting file (af=...):
#
# cdcolour:\
# :cm=CD IBM Colorjet on 6th:\
# :sd=/var/spool/lpd/cdcolour:\
# :af=/var/spool/lpd/cdcolour/acct:\
# :if=/usr/local/etc/smbprint:\
# :mx=0:\
# :lp=/dev/null:
#
# The /usr/var/spool/lpd/PRINTNAME/.config file should contain:
# server=PC_SERVER
# service=PR_SHARENAME
# password="password"
#
# E.g.
# server=PAULS_PC
# service=CJET_371
# password=""
#
# Debugging log file, change to /dev/null if you like.
#
#logfile=/tmp/smb-print.log
logfile=/var/log/smb-print.log
# logfile=/dev/null
#
# The last parameter to the filter is the accounting file name.
# Extract the directory name from the file name.
# Concat this with /.config to get the config file.
#
#eval acct_file=\$$#
spool_dir=/var/spool/lpd/epson
config_file=$spool_dir/.config
# Should read the following variables set in the config file:
# server
# service
# password
eval `cat $config_file`
#
# Some debugging help, change the >> to > if you want to same space.
#
echo "server $server, service $service" >> $logfile
(
# NOTE You may wish to add the line `echo translate' if you want automatic
# CR/LF translation when printing.
# echo translate
echo "print -"
cat
) | /usr/bin/smbclient "\\\\$server\\$service" $password -U $user -N -P >>
$logfile
-- /var/spool/lpd/epson/.config
server=lager
service=printer
password="***"
user=wayne
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