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From: "Ufficio C.E.D." <info@sertosi.it>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:27:35 +0200
Subject: R: PPR: Printing with Samba

Ok now it works , thank you very much.

Bye
Claudio Benedetti


- -----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Isabel Azevedo <iazevedo@fe.up.pt>
A: ppr-list@mail.cc.trincoll.edu <ppr-list@mail.cc.trincoll.edu>
Data: giovedì 28 ottobre 1999 11.00
Oggetto: Re: PPR: Printing with Samba


>On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>> Hello everybody , i have a Linux 2.0.36 box with PPR 1.32 installed on .
I
>> have configured it and i can print perfectly from Macs .
>> Now , wanting to share some laser printers with Samba (v.1.9.18p7) , i
have
>> followed the instructions reported in "Installing and Using PPR" and
changed
>> /etc/smb.conf as follows:
>>
>> [pprproto]
>>    comment = PPR prototype print share
>>    print command = /usr/ppr/bin/ppr -d %p -e responder -w log -m samba -r
>> %m-%I
>>    lpq command = /usr/ppr/bin/ppop lpq %p
>>    lprm command = /usr/ppr/bin/ppop -X %m@samba cancel %p-%j
>>    lppause command = /usr/ppr/bin/ppop -X %m@samba hold %p-%j
>>    lpresume command = /usr/ppr/bin/ppop -X %m@samba release %p-%j
>> # printing = bsd    ------> copied in [global]
>>    browseable = no
>>    printer = null
>>    printable = yes
>>    public = yes
>>    writable = no
>>    create mode = 0700
>>    path = /spool/samba/printspool
>>    include = /etc/ppr/smb-include.conf
>>
>> then i run /usr/ppr/bin/ppr2samba so that i am able to see the printers
with
>> win explorer .
>>
>> When i print with a Win95/98 box everything seems to work (no error
>> messages) but the printer doesn't print anything and a "ppop list all"
>> dosn't show anything too.
>>
>> But , if i look into the spool directory  ( /spool/samba/printspool )
there
>> is a job named "stazio.a31112" .
>> If i "vi" this job , i see something like this:
>>
>> %!PS-Adobe-3.1^M
>> %%Title: Resi.xls^M
>> %%Creator: ADOBEPS4.DRV Version 4.20^M
>> %%CreationDate: 10/28/99 08:40:19^M
>> %%For: STAZIONE-H^M
>> %%BoundingBox: (atend)^M
>> %%Pages: (atend)^M
>> %%PageOrder: Special^M
>> %%DocumentNeededResources: (atend)^M
>> %%DocumentSuppliedResources: (atend)^M
>> %%DocumentSuppliedFeatures: (atend)^M
>> %%DocumentData: Clean7Bit^M
>> %%LanguageLevel: 3^M
>> %%TargetDevice: (LaserWriter 8500) (3010.103) 24^M
>> %%EndComments^M
>> ^M
>>
>Put the %s in your print command:
>print command = /usr/ppr/bin/ppr -d %p -e responder -w log -m samba -r
%m-%I %s
>
>%s is the file to print
>
>Isabel Azevedo
>
>