On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Andy Green wrote: > Examine the cups and samba logs. I had the same problem, the final part of > the solution was that something needed setting up to accept raw type data > from the Windows machine. > > Here is my working /etc/smb.conf fragment for the printer > > [E740] > comment = Linux Epson 740 > path = /var/spool/lp > read only = No > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > printing = cups > print command = cupsdoprint -P'%p' -oraw %s > lpq command = lpq.cups -P'%p' > lprm command = lprm.cups -P'%p' %j > printer name = E740 > use client driver = Yes > > Permissions on the spool path at the server > > drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 8 13:17 /var/spool/lp > > I also added user nobody to the lp group. > > I hope this partial set of hints is some kind of help! > > - -Andy Thanks for the hint. I checked my cups logs and there were complaints about unsupported raw data. I added the one line below to smb.conf and all is well. print command = cupsdoprint -P'%p' -oraw %s -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer
