[SOLVED] Can not print to printer on samba share, even though it is accessible?
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Can not print to printer on samba share, even though it is accessible?
I'm running slack64-current. I setup samba to share a printer on my home network. I can print to the printer locally. The printer is visible on the network. However when I try to print anything on the printer via samba (or cups for that matter) from either the local machine or the remote machine, everything acts as if the job went through, but nothing happens. I'm sure I've seen this before on another slack machine that is currently unavailable, but I can't remember what the answer was, and I'm trying to be more precise with this setup so that I actually learn something.
smb.conf
PHP Code:
#======================= Global Settings ===================================== [global] workgroup = workgroup server string = Samba Server security = user hosts allow = 192.168.1. load printers = yes printcap name = /etc/printcap passdb backend = tdbsam
#============================ Share Definitions ============================== [homes] ; comment = Home Directories ; browseable = no ; writable = yes
# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons ; [netlogon] ; comment = Network Logon Service ; path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon ; guest ok = yes ; writable = no ; share modes = no
# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share # the default is to use the user's home directory ;[Profiles] ; path = /usr/local/samba/profiles ; browseable = no ; guest ok = yes
# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = yes # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print guest ok = no writable = yes printable = yes valid users = dtest
Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- homes Disk IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server) test Printer hp Printer hp root Disk Home directory of root Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.4]
Server Comment --------- ------- DELL DELL server (Samba, Ubuntu) I7 Samba Server
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