Package: smbclient Version: 3.0.14a-6 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/smbspool
Here is the situation. I have a HP OfficeJet 5510v all-in-one printer connected to a Windows XP Home box. I have a Linux box running Debian Unstable, and I would like to print to the 5510v via SAMBA. I discussed the situation with people on a HP linuxprinting.org mailing list (included below), and they suggested I try running smbspool directly with these instructions. gs -dFIXEDMEDIA -q -dBATCH -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -dIjsUseOutputFD -sOutputFile=spoolfile -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=842 -r600 -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="officejet 5500" -sIjsParams="Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1" /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps export DEVICE_URI=smb://MSHOME/XPCOMP/hpoffice smbspool 1 1 1 1 1 spoolfile When I print the CUPS test page manually by running gs and then smbspool. The printer starts responding. It sounds like the head is moving back and forth like it normally does before the printer starts printing. Then, it just sits there indefinitely. The Copy button light flashes on and off. The LCD panel says "Printing...", but nothing actually prints. FYI, during the test the XP box is essentially idle. If I look at the print queue on the XP box, it has a job whose status is "Printing". I end up having to cancel the job and reboot the XP box to get it to give up trying to print this document. The same file I printed with smbspool will print perfectly if I connect the printer directly via USB to my Linux box. I was able to print to predecessor (a different HP inkjet printer) to the OfficeJet 5510v that was connected to this same XP box. Programs on the XP box are able to print correctly. Do you have any suggestions? Tom ******************** Here is a dialog I had with people on the linuxprinting.org list for HP printers. I tried your suggestion. Executing smbspool by hand (as you suggested below) causes the same behavior and printing via CUPS. Should I start talking with the samba people? I also verified the correctness of spoolfile by trying "cat spoolfile > /dev/usb/lp0" after connecting the printer to the Linux box via a long USB cable. Tom On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 13:51 +0100, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > You can break down the problem into two pieces: > (1) cups<-> samba > (2) samba<->XP > > I am not too familiar with how the first part works, but the 2nd part is > easier to verify. Run the 2nd part without the first, like this: > > (1) you need to generate the spool data by hand using ghostscript and hpijs, > (all in one line - check the <options> and the DeviceModel string from > hpijs's website or docs) > > gs -dFIXEDMEDIA -q -dBATCH -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs > -dIjsUseOutputFD -sOutputFile=spoolfile > -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=842 > -r600 -sIjsParams=<options> > -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="hp officehet 5510" > inputfile.ps > > (2) once you have the spool data, you can run the cups samba backend directly > like this (set the DEVICE_URI parameter is the same as yours - smbspool needs > 5 parameters before the spoolfile but they are not important so you could > just put 1 there - this sends the spoolfile over using the Device_URI string). > > export DEVICE_URI=smb://<account>:<password>@<machine>/<queue> > smbspool 1 1 1 1 1 spoolfile > > Read the documentation of smbspool, etc for extras. > > Tom Epperly wrote: > > Here is the situation. I have a HP OfficeJet 5510v all-in-one printer > > connected to a Windows XP Home box. I have a Linux box running Debian > > Unstable, and I would like to print to the 5510v via SAMBA. > > > > I configured CUPS to print to the 5510v via SAMBA using > > http://localhost:631/. I selected "HP OfficeJet 5500 Foomatic/hpijs > > (recommended)" for the type of printer. The device URI is > > Device URI: smb://MYHOME/FOOCOMP/hpoffice > > > > When I print the CUPS test page via the CUPS WWW page. The printer > > starts responding. It sounds like the head is moving back and forth like > > it normally does before the printer starts printing. Then, it just sits > > there indefinitely. The Copy button light flashes on and off. The LCD > > panel says "Printing...", but nothing actually prints. FYI, during the > > test the XP box is essentially idle. > > > > If I look at the print queue on the XP box, it has a job whose status is > > "Printing". I end up having to cancel the job and reboot the XP box to > > get it to give up trying to print this document. > > > > For curiosity sake, I tried running a USB cable from the Debian box > > directly to the printer (temporarily disconnecting it from the XP box). > > I tried configuring CUPS to use the printer via USB, and lo and behold, > > the printer works perfectly. > > > > Configuring with CUPS via USB: > > USB Printer #1 > > HP OfficeJet 550 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended) (en) > > Device URI: usb:/dev/usb/lp0 > > > > This seems to suggest that something is going from in the SAMBA > > transmission of the document data. > > > > Do you have any suggestions about how I can track down the root cause of > > the problems I am seeing? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tom > > > > Here are the Debian version numbers for some of the related packages. > > > > ii cupsys 1.1.23-11 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - > > server > > ii foomatic-db 20050720-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - > > database > > ii foomatic-db-en 3.0.2-20050720 linuxprinting.org printer support - > > programs > > ii foomatic-db-gi 4.2.7-10 linuxprinting.org printer support - > > database > > un foomatic-db-gu <none> (no description available) > > ii foomatic-db-hp 1.5-20050705-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - > > database > > ii foomatic-filte 3.0.2-20050720 linuxprinting.org printer support - > > filters > > ii foomatic-filte 20050720-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - > > prebuilt > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! > Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Hp-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxprinting.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hp-list -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers oldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.2 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US) Versions of packages smbclient depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcomerr2 1.38-1.1 common error description library ii libkrb53 1.3.6-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libldap2 2.1.30-11 OpenLDAP libraries ii libncurses5 5.4-9 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libreadline5 5.0-10 GNU readline and history libraries ii samba-common 3.0.14a-6 Samba common files used by both th smbclient recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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