SAMBA Print Server Problem

[HKNinja]

Hi guys,

I'm using Redhat Linux 9 as a home server. I have a Lexmark E210 printer connected to it via LPT port. The printer is shared via CUPS and SAMBA is enabled. My XP workstation is able to connect to the printer and everything look ok. The printer status on XP shows READY. But when I print, nothing happens. I checked the properties and found no printer port is selected. I did some research on this and it seems like the printer should be connected to a samba port or something. Anyone know what's missing here? Below is my samba's print server setting...
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[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = yes
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes
printable = yes
use client driver = yes
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Let me know if you have any clue. Thanks.

 

[stefanwagner]

is the cups-daemon running?

ps -C cupsd ?

On the printserver, you may configure cups with a browser:

[URL unfurl="true"]http://localhost:631/[/URL]

or from remote (assuming the printservers-ip):

[URL unfurl="true"]http://192.168.17.4:631[/URL]

I never used samba, so this might be totally nonsense. But without samba, it might be the point.

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[HKNinja]

Thanks for replying,

I did that all and it won't work without Samba since I'm printing from Windows XP.

 

[stefanwagner]

Yes, but did you try to print from the server - perhaps it's more a printserver-problem, or how can you exclude that?

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[stefanwagner]

And did you look into the log-files?

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[HKNinja]

The print server can print to the printer, no problem. Only printing via network won't work. I don't see any abnormal activity in the server that's related to the print job. I think it has something to do with the Windows driver. There is no printer port after the printer is added to XP and status shows "Ready". When print, the print job just disappeared.