On Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:59:01 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > On 2/8/2021 5:01 PM, Michael wrote: > > On Monday, 8 February 2021 19:08:11 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > >> On 2/8/2021 2:14 AM, Wols Lists wrote: > >>> This is typical. In my linux setup, the printer is always busy. Stuff > >>> still prints fine, though. > >> > >> Mine won't print. Says the printer is busy, and nothing else happens. It > >> just sits there. Let me give better names because even I can get > >> confused. So, we have three machines. Win10 Home = IRIS, Linux Server = > >> Athena, Linux Workstation = Janus > >> > >> If I print directly from Iris, it obviously works fine. If I print from > >> Athena it works fine. If I print from Janus, it never goes anywhere. > >> > >>>> How can I set this up correctly? To describe exactly what I'm trying to > >>>> do, let's just use four computers in this example. A is the central > >>>> print server. B is the windows client with the printer. C and D are > >>>> linux machines. What I want is if either C or D print something, they > >>>> both send it to A, and then A sends it to B. > >>> > >>> I'd try moving the printer to A, or configuring C & D to print directly > >>> to B. I dunno how you set up smbprint, but that should send straight to > >>> a shared printer on B no problem. > >> > >> Unfortunately, moving the printer is a no-go right now, for various > >> reasons. Otherwise I'd just move it to be a network printer. The printer > >> itself is designed to be network capable. But Iris is technically not MY > >> Computer, and the printer isn't technically MINE either. They belong to > >> someone else in the house, and I simply have permission to use them. So > >> my only two options are 1) Configure EVERYTHING to print to Iris. That's > >> doable I suppose, but really not what I want, or B) Use Athena as a > >> central print server just as it already acts as a central file server. > >> That is FAR more preferable because then if something changes instead of > >> updating EVERY computer I update ONE. > >> > >> -- > >> Dan Egli > > > > Some ideas:
[snip ...] > > 2. Last time I set up a Windows XP as a printer-server, I > > installed-enabled > > Unix Print Service Windows Component (really an LPD/LPR service). Then > > Linux PCs were able to print directly to it. No need to configure SMB > > and what not, just for printing. This randomly selected article > > describes the principle: > > > > https://support.printmanager.com/hc/en-us/articles/202835449-Linux-printin > > g-via-the-Windows-Print-Server- > > Actually tried that. Got LPD installed, sent a test page. Test page > appeared in the Windows Queue, then disappeared without any > acknowledgement from the printer. This would need some troubleshooting/configuring on the Windows end. It's a long time ago I tried this and don't recall what I had configured to allow clients to print via the Windows PC. It was relatively simple and lightweight though, unlike Samba which I wouldn't bother with just for printing. > I finally got it working in samba mode > so I'm good with that. And that, again, would skip the whole point of > having a central print server. :) Not really. Athena would remain the CUPS server for itself and any Linux or additional OS clients, sending jobs over IPP:// to the Windows print server running on the Windows PC. > > 3. If the current setup is the right thing for you, increase CUPS log > > verbosity and check the logs on Athena to find out what it isn't happy > > with > > when Janus sends a print job to it. First check the CUPS driver and > > printing protocol is the same on Janus as on Athena and the CUPS' config > > on Athena allows inbound connections from your LAN, or your Janus' IP > > address. > I can check on those. Thanks. I do notice one thing strange. Maybe a > cups bug. In the web interface when I created the printer in Athena, I > checked the box to say it was a shared printer. But when I look at the > status it says "not shared". Hmm ... what follows the commented line: # Restrict access to the server... <Location /> Order Deny,Allow ... ? in the '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' of Athena? Similarly, check the "hosts allow" directive in the Samba configuration to include Janus' IP address.
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