More questions on Samba Print server

[Graham North]

Hi Andreas and Questions to All:

Well, I took some of your advice and my system is now printing - thank you!
The BSD setup recommendations are much more complicated than a couple of 
other Samba references which I have been reading...?

I had already installed APSFilter last summer, and had a working 
configuration so I new the success was lurking about somewhere.  Trouble 
is, I have been labouring under the assumption that I should be able to 
use the print services WITHOUT logging on as a user first.  My previous 
attempts and this one, still require that I first log onto the network 
as a user.   I have been hoping to set it up to be self-logging at time 
of use.

Is it not possible for the printer to be setup using the nobody acount 
to essentially be a passwordless entry?  Does yours work that way?
If not - if any other users out there can share some secrets in this 
regard...?

Finally, the printer share comments do not show  up anywhere in 
Windows.   My other shares display their comments, the lp on my server 
has for the comment field  "ljet4l; r=300x300...."  Not "laser ljet4l on 
www_server" as per my share comment below. 
Any suggestions what might be going on here??
Thanks Andreas, or to anyone else who can step in with answers.
Cheers,

My new smb.conf as per most of your suggestions:
# smb.conf    20060220 - re-write - simplify   
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
#
#======================= Global Settings 
=====================================
[global]

    workgroup = DELNORTE
    encrypt passwords = yes
    server string = www_server
    browseable = yes
    printing = bsd
#    print command = lpr -s -P %p %s; rm %s
    hosts allow = 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.102 192.168.1.103

    wins support = no

#============================ Share Definitions 
==============================
[gn]
    comment = Soleado WebServer
    path = /home/gn
    browseable = yes
    valid users = gn
    writeable = yes

[wqs]
    comment = WQS  WebServer
    path = /home/wqs
    browseable = yes
    writeable = yes
    valid users = gn wqs   


# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer

[printers]
    comment = laser ljet4l on www_server
    path = /var/spool/samba
    browseable = yes
    printable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    create mode = 700
    public = yes
#    valid users = nobody
    use client driver = yes
   



Andreas Rudisch wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:49:28 +0100, Graham North <northg at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Andreas - thankyou, I will try something like it.
>> Are you using CUPS or APSFILTER on your BSD machine?
>> Thanks,  Graham/
>
>
> Actually I was just using the handbook to set up my printer:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-advanced.html 
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-advanced.html#PRINTING-ADVANCED-PS 
>
>
> I am using lpd, the standard spooler, and an input filter in printcap 
> to  manage postscript
> and the staircase effect, then the printing is done by Ghostscript  
> (device=pxlmono). You
> should be able to do it this way to, if your printer is supported by  
> Ghostscript, which it
> probably is.
>
> You already got the smb.conf-part.
> ----------
> %cat printcap
> Kyocera|lp|Kyocera mita FS-1010:\
>     :sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/Kyocera:\
>     :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
>     :if=/usr/local/libexec/ifkyocera:
> ----------
> %cat ifkyocera
> #!/bin/sh
> #  Treat LF as CR+LF (to avoid the "staircase effect" on HP/PCL
> #  printers):
> #
> printf "\033&k2G" || exit 2
>
> #
> #  Read first two characters of the file
> #
> IFS="" read -r first_line
> first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
>
> if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then
>     #
>     #  It is PostScript; use Ghostscript to scan-convert and print it.
>     #
>     /usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pxlmono \
>       -sOutputFile=- - && exit 0
> else
>     #
>     #  Plain text or HP/PCL, so just print it directly; print a form feed
>     #  at the end to eject the last page.
>     #
>     echo "$first_line" && cat && printf "\033&l0H" &&
> exit 0
> fi
>
> exit 2
> ----------
>
> I hope this will help a bit.
>
> Andreas
>
>

-- 
Kindness can be infectious - try it.

Graham North
Vancouver, BC
www.soleado.ca


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