Thanks Pablo for responding, but still no joy. After hours of trying different things, I finally went in search of log files in Samba. I found that there were different relevant log files in /var/log/samba depending, evidently, on how I had set things up at that time. For example, from yesterday there is a log file called "mary-pc.log", which is the name of the Windows 7 pc I am using. After changing a few things that file is no longer being written to.
Today there is now a log file "log.__ffff_192.168.1.4" which is the ip address of mary-pc. Here are the last few errors written to the log after I sent a test print to the CUPS server on my debian machine: [2011/11/24 12:26:18.737092, 0] printing/printing.c:2492(print_job_start) print_job_start: insufficient permissions to open spool file /home/smbprint/smbprn.00000015.ShW8bc. [2011/11/24 12:27:31.641587, 0] lib/util_sock.c:474(read_fd_with_timeout) [2011/11/24 12:27:31.641783, 0] lib/util_sock.c:1441(get_peer_addr_internal) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected read_fd_with_timeout: client 0.0.0.0 read error = Connection reset by peer. So it would appear that there is a problem with permissions, even though I have followed the instructions in the HOWTO. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks, Keith > You can point the printer in the lower part of the windows box, with the > printer url, like > http://yourdebianbox:631/printers/yourprinter or something like that, and > windows will > user ipp protocol to reach the printer. You will have to bring the windows > driver to the > windows box. > Beware of config cups to listen to the hostname ("yourdebianbox"). If not, > just use ip number. > > > Regards. > > Pablo >> I have set up a CUPS server on one of my Debian boxes, directly attached >> via parallel port. I can print to it from a different Debian box on my >> LAN, but not from a Windows box. >> >> The Windows box does see the printer, and says the printer is setup >> properly and sends jobs to the printer with no errors, but nothing shows >> up. I don't know where to look for error messages, other than the CUPS >> web >> interface (localhost:631). >> >> I have followed the instructions from this web page: >> >> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/sharing_with_windows.html >> >> which shows how to setup Samba and CUPS expressly for this purpose. >> >> Maybe one of you can suggest other web sources for me to look at to find >> out how to debug this situation? I'm using Wheezy and Windows 7. >> >> Thanks, >> Keith >> >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ca16bd111d4f415727ebee70a7c18385.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
