Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 17:03:00 -0400 From: Don Tyson <tyson@stanfordalumni.org> To: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [samba] can't print from w2k to bsd printer Message-ID: <E1BMvRy-0001Me-00@flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 May 2004 22:07:36 %2B0200." <200405092207.37061.freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk>
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> Hi
>
> I've spend several hours trying to get samba to play nice. I can get user to
> login from windows to their bsd-account, mount CD's etc.. But I can't get the
> users to print. I can see the printer and I can install it. But when I click
> on the installed printer I get "access denied".
>
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> My setup is a desktop PC running FBSD and a laptop with w2k. These are
> connected through a router. The printer is a laserjet and works great on the
> FBSD.
>
I can't help you with samba, but Windows 2000 and Windows XP users
are able to use the LaserJet attached to my FreeBSD machine, which runs
apsfilter. I've attached a copy of my /etc/printcap file at the end of
this message. The Windows users do not log in to the FreeBSD machine
to use the printer. I don't have samba installed at all.
The Windows hosts are listed in my FreeBSD /etc/hosts.lpd file; otherwise the
FreeBSD machine won't know who they are and won't permit them to
connect.
Follow the Windows instructions to install "print services for unix,"
then install a local, not network, printer using the LPR port on the
Windows machines. Share the printer so all Windows users can use it.
Hope this helps.
Don Tyson
/etc/printcap file:
# APS1_BEGIN:printer1
# - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
# - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
lp|ljet4;r=600x600;q=photo;c=full;p=letter;m=auto:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
:if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
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