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Windows 2000, Samba, and Cancelling Print Jobs?

Posted by Cliff on from the I-said-WHOA-there-horsey! dept.

Kerry McDonald asks: "I have a Linux server running Samba, and my Windows 2000 users are unable to cancel print jobs once they are sent to the server. Has anyone seen this problem? I have checked all the Samba settings, and they all seem to allow user access, but for some reason it still will not work. Help!"

21 comments

  1. problems printing by sonicb · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We have this problem at work as well, but in reverse. SAP printing to NT printers, once it hits the NT system they cant delete the print jobs from SAP
    I usually get NT admin guys to delete them.
    In this case I think once the job gets onto the Linux system its different. Youd have to delete them under your Linux logon. Hope this helps.

  2. Linux print spooler by MrResistor · · Score: 5, Informative

    Probably it's just that samba doesn't have control of the Linux print spooler, so once the document is passed to the spooler you would have to cancel the job from Linux.

    It seems a little odd to me, that seems like something that would be fairly simple to set up, at least from the *nix end. There's the matter of trapping the correct command from the Windows side, of course, but that seems like one they would have caught by now. Is the problem just under Windows 2000, or other Windows versions as well?

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  3. Mailing Lists? by majestynine · · Score: 5, Insightful
    No offense, but isn't this a question better suited to the samba mailing lists? I've asked questions on there before and got very timely and helpful replies.

    Go here

    After you've got your answer, why don't you buy a tshirt to say thanks? I've done it before too and its a nice gesture.

    1. Re:Mailing Lists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow, that is a spiffy lookin' shirt! The logo on the front is very fashionable.

  4. Getting out of control by mnmn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We're getting more and more project-specific help calls in slashdot now. They dont belong here. A major quirk.. maybe. Massive bug.. fine. But not a plain compatiblity question like that.

    Please take no offence from this.. But I usually have 3 problems a week I need to ask, and newsgroups solve them better.

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  5. Re:Mailing Lists Not its stupid so its okay for /. by I'm+not+a+script · · Score: 0, Insightful

    But he has a point.
    It is just natural that the editors drove out everyone from slashdot who was smarter than them, it's like a company, loyality is rewarded, being too clever and having a different opinion is punished.
    I wish this angst-ridden-teenager-who-wants-shiny-toys-and-all -software-for-free trend and slashdot along with it died already.

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  6. Yep, seen it here by dgmartin98 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, we're seen it in our Linux/Win network too. I try to print from Win NT or Win 2000, the print job goes out to the Samba print spooler. The little printer icon appears in the Win taskbar. I try to double-click on the little printer icon, and the usual printer pop-up window comes up. However, the window says something like, "trying to initialize printer xxxxx". Then after a minute or two it times out. Therefore, I never see the print job in the window. So I can't delete it. Even though the printer icon can't contact the printer, the print jobs usually work.

    I just figured it was a setup bug in our network. Maybe it's a Samba bug instead.

    Dave

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  7. Printing.txt in the docs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    And I quote:

    The following are nice to know about:

    queuepause command - stop a printer or print queue
    queueresume command - start a printer or print queue

    Example:
    print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -P%p %s
    lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p %s
    lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
    queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p stop
    queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p start

    Samba should set reasonable defaults for these depending on your
    system type, but it isn't clairvoyant. It is not uncommon that you
    have to tweak these for local conditions. The commands should
    always have fully specified pathnames, as the smdb may not have
    the correct PATH values.
    You DID check those, right?

  8. This definitely does not belong here by turboalberta · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Go to mailing list or newsgroups. This is not the right place. Who allows these questions anyway?

    RA

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  9. http://www.cups.org/ by joostje · · Score: 3, Informative

    How about CUPS?

    I haven't used it yet, but it looks like the thing one needs.

  10. Dear Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have forgotten my password to log into my windows95 box. Can anyone help?

    1. Re:Dear Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      send gifs

    2. Re:Dear Slashdot by mosch · · Score: 5, Funny
      The correct password is:

      username: acoward
      password: Nt96wQuZ4mxRx2MWzga6Hpqv2rwGXqkz

      Now hit 'escape' at the end of the password sequence. Be careful, that password is case sensitive!

  11. HIT ESCAPE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    Password and Windows 95 in the same sentence?

    BROUGHAH HAH

  12. Re:I can�t do it by fok · · Score: 1

    I dont get it... if this is offtopic, the entire questions/posts are also offtopic...
    Still... I dont get it...

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