I'm sharing my printer through samba to my girlfriends computer which she runs Win XP on.
Her computer are able to find the printer, install, but can't print. When I looked around (in windows), it can't configure which port to use.
Normally you can click on some button to edit it, but I can't.
Is this a windows problem or is it me?

I followed since I have no earlier experience of samba.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO-9.html

what is your firewall situation on both machines? have you tried turning them off to configure the printer?

Running external firewall, these are however linked by router, Windows discovers the link to the printer, but don't put it as port to printer.

let's have a look at you smb.conf.

[global]
guest account = smbprint
printing = cups
[printers]
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0700
guest only = yes
use client driver = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes

try adding this

printcap name = cups
printer admin = @adm

under global

and this

path = /var/spool/samba
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer
drivers.

under printers

on another note, may i suggest configuring samba completely. if you don't wish to share files, just don't create any shares. here are the relevant parts of my smb.conf for your use

[global]

workgroup = yourworkgroup
netbios name = yournetbiosname
server string = Samba Server %v
security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = Yes
map to guest = Bad User
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
printcap name = cups
dns proxy = No
printer admin = @adm
printing = cups

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer
drivers.
browseable = No

good luck.

Does still not work, must be a windows problem.

some things to check, after any changes to your smb.conf, you'll need to restart samba, and, the windows machine. you may also need the windows drivers, even though to this point your unable to get to the port. i'd try setting up samba completely, then restart everything. grab a copy of the windows drivers for the printer, to have on hand. once your able to see and connect to the samba server, then try your "add printer wizard", you'll choose a network printer, and follow the rest of the steps the wizard walks you thru. hope this helps.
good luck.

Tried it, it adds a printer, but no port. It finds the printer, adds it, but when I look at the advanced settings, it got no port, there are ports, but I can't choose anyone, and the right one that I choose during install ain't there.

Hi rejser

You need to add "printable = yes" under [printers] this is the way samba distinguises the printer share from other shares. If it is not set you will not be able to print to it.

good luck

Hamsjael

have a look at this

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/...g_with_windows

good luck.

Have printable = Yes
think it is a windows problem...

I am no expert, but I set up a samba print server yesterday after much sweating.

I was having your same problem, (when instralling the printer, it shows the server, but I couldn't see the printers on it) in some windows machines, while in my own machine I could do this perfectly.

It turned out that I could do it when logged on on windows as a user which was also created on the samba server (user:luis on both machines), but not as guest on the other machine even though it asked me for a login when connecting to the samba server and I logged on as luis.

For me the solution would be: creating on samba the same users that you use on your windows machines. I don't know how to do this on the shell though, due to the encrypted password stuff, I had to create them from gnome app (redhat 9). I am sure there is a way to do it anyway.

Other easy way to share the printer is to configure CUPS to accept LPD/LPR print jobs and install the unix print service on you win machines and create a LPR port pointing to your server (give it a static IP preferably). That would make it even easier.


I hope this helps.

Luis