On Wed, 30 May 2001, Neil Kittipalo wrote:
> I have several 98/95 boxes which have previously printed to the LaserJet 5L
> connected to my Linux box. I was using SuSE then and had no problems.
> Now with Mdk 7.2 and 8.0 I'm trying to make printing work with CUPS and I'm
> having no luck.
> I changed my smb.conf as follows ( I read this somewhere )...
>
> ; printing = bsd
> ; printcap name = /etc/printcap
> printing = cups
> load printers = yes
>
> When I try to print from a windows box the light on the printer gives a quick
> flash and that is all that happens - no output.
> Printing from Linux apps is working fine.
>
Do you really need CUPS?
If not, go back to BSD style printing (lpr) and Samba should work fine.
