[nick_uk]

Can anyone please help me, im going nuts tring to figure this out.

I have a Samsung ML1210 USB printer setup on my RH9 box (printing fine). I CAN print from other Linux boxes to this printer no problem. I can also shell out to DOS from my XP box and issue a print command to the printer (print /D:\\smith\samsung c:\textfile.txt) and this also prints no problem.

My problem arrises when i try to print to the "samba printer" i can connect but then i get access denied as a status. agghhhh

here's my smb.conf file

[global]
workgroup = EBUSINESS
server string = smith
encrypt passwords = Yes
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
guest ok = Yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes

[homes]
comment = Home directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
directory mask = 0775
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[share]
path = /share
read only = No

[samsung]
comment = ML-1210
path = /var/spool/samba
read only = No
printable = Yes
printer name = samsung

[srhoades]

I believe in your global you need to add
security = user (or share)
depending if you just want open access or password security

[nick_uk]

Thanks for your reply but i have just found the answer. YIPEE

The problem was not samba but cups

as soon as i uncommented the following line from /etc/cups/mime.convs:
application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -


and also uncommented the following line from /etc/cups/mime.types:
application/octet-stream

and added these lines to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf: <Location /printers>
AuthType None
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From None
Allow From All
</Location>


restarted samba & cups and hey presto! we have printing (wow its only taken two weeks)