Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3261 mails)

["Mark Daglish" <mark.daglish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

> I'm having trouble getting my Laserjet 1100 (using the ljet4 driver) to
> print a test page from Windows 95.  Printing from Linux is normal.  I am
> using standard lpr, not lprng or cups.  I am using Samba 2.0.7.
>
> I got Windows to see the printer through the network, but it prints
> gibberish.  Actually it doesn't print straight gibberish but the bytes
> sent to the printer as ascii characters. I can recognize the text mixed
> among the other characters.
>
> [printers]
>    printing = BSD
> ;   print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r %s
>    print command = /usr/bin/lpr
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    guest ok = yes
>    browseable = no
>    printable = true
>    public = yes
>    read only = yes
>    create mode = 0700
>
>
>
> Does anyone know a resource for me to fix this?  I have the O'Reilly
> book but it has been less than helpful.

There was a recent discussion about similar problems on the list.  In the
first instance I would check which version of Samba you are running.  The
version that comes with SuSE 7.1 (Samba 2.0.7-107) appears to cause problems
with printing.  The version that came with SuSE 7.0 (Samba 2.0.7-72) seems
to work.  So if you have the newer version it is worth going to ftp.suse.com
and downloading the Samba rpms for SuSE 7.0.

Hope this helps,

Mark