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Paul Towlson
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      10-15-2003, 11:19 AM
Hello, can anyone help me with this one.....?

I have a Linux PC with SuSE 8.2 and a Samsung ML1210 printer. I can print to
this via CUPS from another Linux PC. I have installed the Windows driver
for the ML1210 on a Win98 PC but cannot print to the Samsung.

The Win98 box can see the Linux box, its shared folders and the printer.
However, when I try to print from Win98 nothing happens.

I guess it may be that the path to the printer is wrong, but I don't know
how to correct it.
lpq shows no pending jobs, so the print jobs sent from the Win98 PC go
somewhere else.

The cups error message is as follows:
=====================================
....from /var/log/cups/error_log
E [16/Oct/2003:01:00:18 +0200] print_job: Unsupported format
'application/octet-stream'!
I [16/Oct/2003:01:00:18 +0200] Hint: Do you have the raw file printing rules
enabled?

So,
I uncommented the raw filter in the mime.convs and in the mime.type config
files in /etc/cups/
This has made no difference.


My smb.conf file
================
# Created by PT
# Date: Wed 8 October 2003
[global]
workgroup = base
netbios name = samba_peck
# os level = 2
# time server = Yes
unix extensions = Yes
encrypt passwords = Yes
# log level = 1
# syslog = 0
printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS
socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
wins support = No
veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/
[homes]
# comment = Home Directories
# valid users = %S
browseable = No
read only = No
# create mask = 0640
# directory mask = 0750
[downloads]
browseable = yes
path = /home/downloads
write list = polgard, Elis
public = yes

#[printers]
# comment = All Printers
# path = /var/tmp
# printable = Yes
# create mask = 0600
# browseable = No
#[print$]
# comment = Printer Drivers
# path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
# write list = @ntadmin root
# force group = ntadmin
# create mask = 0664
# directory mask = 0775


My /etc/cups/printers.conf (I think it is unnecessary to have <Printer
rawprint> but its something I tried)
================================================== ==============
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.18
# Written by cupsd on Wed Oct 15 12:20:50 2003
<Printer rawprint>
Info rawprint
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
<DefaultPrinter samsung>
Info samsung
Location /dev/lp0
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>


My /etc/printcap file
=====================
# This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
# /etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file
# will be lost.
rawprint:
samsung:







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