Cross-platform printing [Solved]

[Scythe]

I don't have a firewall set on that machine.

[aioshin]

hmmm...

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try to restart cups, then print a document (testing) then check your log files...

as root in konsole

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#tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log

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or

#tail -f /var/log/cups/access_log

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we might get a hint from logs

[Scythe]

 [root@localhost scythe]# /etc/init.d/cups restart
Stopping CUPS printing system:								  [  OK  ]
Starting CUPS printing system:								  [  OK  ]
[root@localhost scythe]# tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log
I [17/Feb/2006:12:57:12 -0600] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
E [17/Feb/2006:12:57:12 -0600] PID 4373 stopped with status 0!
I [17/Feb/2006:12:57:12 -0600] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
I [17/Feb/2006:12:57:12 -0600] Saving printers.conf...
I [17/Feb/2006:12:57:12 -0600] Printer 'Laserjet1100' now accepting jobs ('root').
I [17/Feb/2006:12:57:12 -0600] Printer 'Laserjet1100' started by 'root'.
E [17/Feb/2006:12:57:13 -0600] [Job 4] No ticket cache found for userid=0
E [17/Feb/2006:12:57:13 -0600] [Job 4] Can not get the ticket cache for root
E [17/Feb/2006:12:57:13 -0600] [Job 4] Tree connect failed
E [17/Feb/2006:12:57:14 -0600] [Job 4] Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...foomatic-rip version $Revision: 3.43.2.14 $ running...
E [17/Feb/2006:12:58:13 -0600] [Job 4] No ticket cache found for userid=0
E [17/Feb/2006:12:58:13 -0600] [Job 4] Can not get the ticket cache for root
E [17/Feb/2006:12:58:13 -0600] [Job 4] Tree connect failed

 

And

 

[root@localhost scythe]# tail -f /var/log/cups/access_log
200 26996
localhost - root [17/Feb/2006:12:59:32 -0600] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 381
localhost - root [17/Feb/2006:12:59:37 -0600] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 224
localhost - root [17/Feb/2006:12:59:37 -0600] "POST /classes/ HTTP/1.1" 200 224
localhost - root [17/Feb/2006:12:59:37 -0600] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 112
localhost - root [17/Feb/2006:12:59:37 -0600] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 380
localhost - - [17/Feb/2006:12:59:37 -0600] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 207
localhost - - [17/Feb/2006:12:59:37 -0600] "GET /ppd/Laserjet1100.ppd HTTP/1.1" 200 26996
localhost - root [17/Feb/2006:12:59:37 -0600] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 381

 

I know that the Linux box can talk to the Windows box, because I can access my Windows shared folders remotely from my Linux box. If that helps.

Edited February 17, 2006 by Scythe

[aioshin]

hmmm...

there's a part there that says unable to connect to samba host (which is the windows holding the printer)

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below is my /etc/cups/printer.conf file

# Written by cupsd on Mon Jan 2 11:32:52 2006

<DefaultPrinter printer-name-on-linux>

Info APPLE LaserWriter 16/600 PS

Location windows-pc

DeviceURI smb://username-on-windows:password@workgroup/network-name-of-windows-pc/shared-printer-name

State Idle

Accepting Yes

JobSheets none none

QuotaPeriod 0

PageLimit 0

KLimit 0

</Printer>

try to edit yours, try to check the device URI portion

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make sure that the username-in-windows really exist on windows pc, to make sure, you can try to use the administrator and its password.

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then restart cups

[Scythe]

If my Administrator account has no password, would I include the colon after smb://administrator or not? I'm thinking not. And is it case sensitive?

 

Ohterwise, everything looks right.

[aioshin]

sorry, have'nt tried it (with-out password) so you have to try it yourself... password are case sensitive.

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I think you dont have to put a collon after administrator if you dont have one, but if it'll not work, you might also try to assign a password on that admin user.. try every possible option you have

[Scythe]

YESSSS!! IT WORKS!!!!

 

Created an administrator password on my XP machine and now it works.

 

Thanks sooooo much for the help :) I genuinely appreciate it.