Topic: Network Printing (from win98)

[Michael Sidenius]

Hi,

When I try to print to a printer connected to the server I get the error message:

There was an error writing to \myserver\myprinter for printer (myprintername):
The network name cannot be found
The printer will be set to work offline ...

I am printing from my clients (win95 - win98) and all are logged in as registered users on the server.

I have attached a HP LaserJet 4L to the server LPT port, added the printer in the server console, and it is fully visible from the network and printer setup. But when trying to use it, the network name cannot be found as indicated in the error message, very weird!

I run server version 5.0, and when looking at the files on the server (smb.conf, /var/spool/lpd/myprinter) they seem correctly setup.

Any ideas of what is wrong here ?

TIA,

Michael

[Michael Sidenius]

FYI,

The problem was, that the spool directory /var/spool/samba (as refered to in the smb.conf file) did not exist!.

So: mkdir, chmod and tadaaa.

(Can anyone tell me why the setup didnt create the dir in the first place?)

-Michael