It all looks like it should work, but something is missing...I can't get my
WIndows printer to work from my Linux system.  I set up CUPS, activated
Samba. All I get is a "Printing" message, followed by "0 % done'.  I seem
to get this message using various settings in the CUPS configure settings,
so it is not much of a confidence builder to see it...

Also, in debian, I can't get the command "/etc/init.d/smb-client start" to
do anything...I did "apt-get install samba samba-common smb client swat"
and I did "/etc/init.d/samba start"
But the last recommended command does not run..
Any ideas?

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Ron wisely stated:

> It all looks like it should work, but something is missing...I can't get
> my
> WIndows printer to work from my Linux system.  I set up CUPS, activated
> Samba. All I get is a "Printing" message, followed by "0 % done'.  I seem
> to get this message using various settings in the CUPS configure settings,
> so it is not much of a confidence builder to see it...
>
> Also, in debian, I can't get the command "/etc/init.d/smb-client start" to
> do anything...I did "apt-get install samba samba-common smb client swat"
> and I did "/etc/init.d/samba start"
> But the last recommended command does not run..
> Any ideas?
I don't think I'm the right one to help you with printing, but an idea
struck me; does the cups user have write access to the spool folder?
About your smb-client:
try /etc/init.d/smbd start (or /etc/init.d/nmbd start Both need to be
running. You could also try /etc/init.d/samba [re]start
Hans Poppe
Oslo, Norway
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glad of an opportunity to serve others with any invention of ours, and this
we should do freely and generously."
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Hans Poppe wrote:

> Ron wisely stated:
> 
> I don't think I'm the right one to help you with printing, but an idea
> struck me; does the cups user have write access to the spool folder?
> About your smb-client:
> try /etc/init.d/smbd start (or /etc/init.d/nmbd start Both need to be
> running. You could also try /etc/init.d/samba [re]start
> Hans Poppe
> Oslo, Norway
Thank you Hans.
I tried both things, but system replies "no such file of directory".  I will
keep trying.  I am reading through the Linux Bible by Christopher Negus,
and I see many things, but none seem to make the printer actually print.  I
think Linux sees the Windows network printer, but I don't know what I am
missing to make it print.

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