On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 13:03, dman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:34:51PM -0500, Jeff Self wrote: > | I'm having a heckuva time getting a Win 2K machine to print. On my > | debian system, I have CUPS installed and its working. I've got an Epson > | Stylus Color 600 connected to /dev/lp0 and I'm using the gimp printer > | drivers. I've installed cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-client, > | cupsys-driver-gimpprint, and cupsys-pstoraster. I'm running Debian > | unstable. > | > | My /etc/printcap.cups file contains the following line in it: > | > | epson600: > | > | Is this all it needs? > > It doesn't even need to exist. > > | I made one change to my cupsysd.conf file. I added the following line to > | the <Location /> section: > | Allow From *.mydomain.name > > This is for the web interface. > > | I've added the following lines to my smb.conf file: > | > | [Global] > | load printers = yes > | printing = cups > > so far so good > > | printcap name = /etc/printcap.cups > > irrelevant since you have already told it that cups is the printing > backend > > | [printers] > | comment = All Printers > | path = /var/spool/cups/tmp/ > > Bad choice. Don't mess with cups' spool. I use /tmp. This path is > just a temporary holding place for the file while the client machines > sends it. Once it is there it is spooled using 'lp' or 'lpr'. > > | printer name = epson600 > > You don't need this line -- the [printers] section is a magic one that > holds general printer config. samba will create entries named for > each of the printers that exist according to the above confing (cups > in your case). > > | public = yes > | create mode = 0700 > > | print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P %p -o raw %s > | lpq command = /usr/bin/lpstat -o %p > | lprm command = /usr/bin/cnacel %p-%j > > These three lines aren't neede if you have the cupsys-bsd package > installed. Setting "printing=cups" above sets the commands > appropriately (for the *BSD interface). Also note that your print > command is incorrect -- it is the command's responsibility to delete > the temporary file when it is done sending it to the spooler. > > | available = yes > | > | Windows 2000 sees the printer and lets me install the drivers for it, > | but won't let me print to it. It says 'Access Denied, Unable to Connect' > | > | My /var/spool/cups directory is owned by lp and the group is sys. It has > | 700 privileges. My log file is telling me I have insufficient > | permissions to open spool file /var/spool/cups/tmp. > > This is what is causing the "Access Denied" message in windows. > > | This is driving me crazy. > > Use /tmp as the path instead and all should be well. > > HTH, > -D
Thanks for the info. I tried what you recommended and the Windows machine doesn't even see a printer now.
