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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 > >