Kent - I may have had a similar problem such as the "cat" errors and stair-stepping. At one time I think I found that it was the last line of the magicfilter driver (the default) that was the problem (when printing plain text). I think I found that I could cat a file directly to smbclient using the command line args from the smbprint script. Try that to see if it works. I also remember running smbclient interactively and getting it to print. These two things led me to the dj550c-filter being the problem.
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Kent West wrote: > Hans Steinraht wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > The thing I try to figure out is how I can print from my Debian sid to a > > printer that's connected to a windows 2000 proffesional machine. > > > > I have read something about it and saw that there are different ways that > > might > > work. > > Maybe someone has already experience with it and can point me to the right > > direction. > > > > thanks, > > Hans > > > > > > > > I'm not using CUPS (just lprng and samba), and have been trying for a > year and a half (off-and-on of course) to print from a Linux box to a > printer hanging off a Windows box. I'm confident that it can be done, > but the documentation is sadly lacking, or perhaps I'm just too dense to > get it. > > However, for your perusal, here's what I have, and it's fairly close: > > Contents of /etc/printcap: > > lp > :lp=/var/spool/lpd/hplj3-remote/.null > :cm=Helpdesk 3 HP LaserJet 3 > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj3-remote > :sh > :pw#80 > :pl#66 > :px#1440 > :mx#0 > :if=/etc/samba/smbprint > :af=/var/spool/lpd/hplj3-remote/acct > :lf=/var/log/lp-errs > > > Output of "ls -ld /var/spool/lpd/hplj3-remote": > > drwx------ 2 daemon lp 1024 Jan 3 11:43 hplj3-remote/ > > > Output of ls -la /var/spool/lpd/hplj3-remote": > > drwx------ 2 daemon lp 1024 Jan 3 11:43 . > drwxrwsr-x 5 lp lp 1024 Nov 13 09:06 .. > -rw------- 1 daemon lp 60 Dec 11 15:58 .config > -rw------- 1 daemon lp 0 Nov 26 17:01 .null > > > Contents of ".config": > server=helpdesk3 > service=zel319hp > password="myuser%myuser'spassword" > > .null is simply a "holding place" for a lock file for the "lp=" line in > my printcap as per some footnote to a HOWTO I read somewhere along the way. > > > The real magic apparently takes place in the smbprint file. This file is > in the /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/examples/examples/printing/smbprint > directory on my box, but I copied it to /etc/samba, although it might > more properly go into a /bin directory. > > The core magic of this script seems to be this section: > if [ $TRANS -eq 1 ]; then > echo translate > fi > echo "print -" > cat > ) | smbclient "\\\\$server\\$service" -U $password -N -P >> $logfile > > I'm able to successfully connect to the share/service, but according to > the log file (which I set earlier in the smbprint file to be > /tmp/smb-print.log) shows this: > > SERVER = helpdesk3 > SERVICE = zel319hp > added interface ip=xxx.yyy.zzz.qqq bcast=xxx.yyy.abc.def nmask=255.255.248.0 > Got a positive name query response from xxx.yyy.zzz.dns ( xxx.yyy.zzz.nn ) > Domain=[ACU] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] > smb: \> smb: \> echo: command not found > smb: \> cat: command not found > smb: \> ): command not found > smb: \> smb: \> echo: command not found > smb: \> smb: \> > > > In addition to this problem, I haven't been able to find any > documentation as to what the option "-P' means, which makes me suspect > that the script was written for an older version of samba that no longer > works with this script, but being a non-coder, I haven't been able to > figure out how to modify the script to work. > > In addition, I once got something out of the printer, but I had to force > a formfeed at the printer's front control panel to get the page to spit > out, and it suffered from the common stair-step problem. When I tried to > incorporate magicfilter to compensate, things just got worse, as the > documentation I found for that method seems to conflict with the docs > for this method, and in trying to figure out how things worked just > found that an if filter is apparently not treated as a script, even > though it looks (to me) like a script (try creating a "Hello world!" > script and then referencing it in the if= line in printcap -- you'd > expect to see "Hello world!" when you "print" something, but it never > worked for me, so I just got frustrated and gave up, until you asked > this question and now I'm playing again -- maybe in another half year > I'll have it figured out and can help you then). > > I could give up on lprng/magicfilter/samba and just use CUPS, but I'm > strapped for memory, and have just barely enough for X and Galeon > without any extraneous stuff -- if I ever get it working it'll go into > production along with 3 clones as a web-browsing-only kiosk. > > So, in summary, I believe it can be done, but good luck! > > Kent > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ...RickM...
