Unable to print to WindowsXP via CUPS

cwaltrs · 11-01-2005, 02:35 PM

I am a trying to print to a WindowsXP printer on my home network (no password) It's simply doesn't work on Mandriva 2006.

1) I run: smbclient -L COMPAQ -N and it clearly shows the Win PC and its attached printer.

Domain=[COMPAQ] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
SharedDocs Disk
hpoffice Printer hp officejet v series C Disk
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
Domain=[COMPAQ] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

2) I try to set up the printer using Lpadmin and it just *hangs* :lpadmin -E -p officejet -v smb://COMPAQ/hpoffice -P /root/inkjet.ppd (I've tried it with :@ in the smb string to signify no userid

assword)

3) I look in /var/log/cups/error_log and I see things (with Mandriva 2006) like:
Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: No ticket cache found for userid=0
Can not get the ticket cache for root
Tree connect failed

4) I have tried the CUPS localhost:631 and it creates the printer fine, but the jobs never come out, they just time out , with "unable to connect" or "tree connect failed" messages in the error_log and on screen

5) Using the KDE MCC printer config screen with cups running, it says "Opening Default Printer" and then fails and gives me a generic KDE error message.

PS, it didn't work on MDK 10.1 Official either, though the error messages were less verbose.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Charlie

Alien Bob · 11-01-2005, 03:10 PM

This is a bug.
The problem is in the version of samba-client and samba-common that come with Mandriva 2006.
Some people have reported that the "ERROR: No ticket cache found" goes away when downgrading to an older version of Samba (like 3.0.13 of Mandriva 2005).

Eric

cwaltrs · 11-02-2005, 02:00 PM

Thanks. This was driving me nuts.
Charlie

randomx · 02-11-2006, 11:29 PM

This is my setup...hopefully it works for you. It works like a charm on my laptop to print to my office's printer.

/etc/cups/printers.conf

Code:

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23
# Written by cupsd on Sat Feb 11 15:54:19 2006
<DefaultPrinter printer>
Info 
Location 
DeviceURI smb://WindowsUsernameWithAccess2Printer:Password@IpAddress/NameofPrinter
#example: DeviceURI smb://me:you@192.168.2.65/printer
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>

/etc/cups/printcap

Code:

printer|printer:rm=linux:rp=printer:

billydv · 09-25-2006, 08:24 AM

The problem is that when you install a printer (I always use the Kde Printer Manager in the control Center), you must specify the Windows Username and password, this is different from all the other distributions because you can usually print anonymously or by using you linux username. Works like a charm once you use the correct username