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Title: printers problems
Post by: marcus75 on March 29, 2006, 12:06:18 PM

Hi everybody,

I have a new problem :I added  some network printers on sme server, but the clients WinXp logged in,  can't see the printers .

Can someone help me please ?

THANKS

Title: Re: printers problems
Post by: cactus on March 29, 2006, 12:50:52 PM

Quote from: "marcus75"

Hi everybody,

I have a new problem :I added  some network printers on sme server, but the clients WinXp logged in,  can't see the printers .

Can someone help me please ?

THANKS

Strange, might be an issue for the bugtracker (http://bugs.contribs.org/).

Title: Re: printers problems
Post by: marcus75 on March 29, 2006, 12:54:08 PM

Quote from: "cactus"

Strange, might be an issue for the bugtracker (http://bugs.contribs.org/).

sorry my english is not so good i can't make it.

Maybe I reinstall the sme sever .

Title: Re: printers problems
Post by: cactus on March 29, 2006, 12:59:49 PM

Quote from: "cactus"

Strange, might be an issue for the bugtracker (http://bugs.contribs.org/).

I quiclky tried and experienced the same. See the bugtracker as I reported it there as bug 1167 (http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167). If this solves your problem please leave an entry in this bug report as well.

You can solve it like this as it seems that samba is not restarted after configuring a printer:

Log in on your server and issue the following command:

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/etc/rc1.d/K35smb restart

Title: Re: printers problems
Post by: marcus75 on March 29, 2006, 01:07:00 PM

Quote from: "cactus"

Log in on your server and issue the following command:

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/etc/rc1.d/K35smb restart

cd /etc/rc1.d/

K35smb restart

-bash: K35smb command not fount


I told you  this command don't work...

Title: Re: printers problems
Post by: cactus on March 29, 2006, 01:14:10 PM

Quote from: "marcus75"

cd /etc/rc1.d/

K35smb restart

-bash: K35smb command not fount


I told you  this command don't work...

It does! Don't cd to the directory but use the line exactly as I posted it...

Title: Re: printers problems
Post by: marcus75 on March 29, 2006, 01:51:42 PM

Quote from: "cactus"

Quote from: "marcus75"

cd /etc/rc1.d/

K35smb restart

-bash: K35smb command not fount


I told you  this command don't work...

It does! Don't cd to the directory but use the line exactly as I posted it...

ok now is working, but still I can't see the printers network on server

Title: Re: printers problems
Post by: cactus on March 29, 2006, 01:57:33 PM

Quote from: "marcus75"

ok now is working, but still I can't see the printers network on server

Just reread the whole thread and discovered that you are trying to install a network printer... are you sure that this is correct?

Printers attached to the lpt/usb ports of your SMEServer should be installed as local printers and can then be accessed from windows as a shared printer on your server.

Network printers generally have a hostname or ip number to which every PC (also the server) can make a connection to print, this printer functions as a printer for the specified system. So to have a network printer (with its own hostname or ip) you should look on the hostname or ip-number for this printer and not look at the server to configure it for your workstations.

Title: solution
Post by: marcus75 on March 29, 2006, 02:03:09 PM

I have font the solution:
the problem, I open, is a stupid bug.
The printers names was to much long, so I have delete and reinstalled all printers with short names and now all is working.

Thanks cactus

Can I stored the drivers of printers on SME server?

Title: Re: solution
Post by: cactus on March 29, 2006, 02:54:48 PM

Quote from: "marcus75"

Can I stored the drivers of printers on SME server?

Yes you can store printer drivers on the server....

• Open the Printers and Faxes folder on your server
• Right click on the printer and click connect. it will prompt you with an error message: "The "" printer driver is not installed on this computer. Some printer properties will not be accessible unless you install the printer driver. Do you want to install the driver now?
• click Yes.
• Now select the driver like you would normally do.

If you want to install additional drivers for other OS versions:

• Right click the printer
• Choose properties
• Choose the Sharing tab
• Click the button Additional Drivers
• Select the OS version you would like to install
• Click OK, you will be prompted for the lcoation of the drivers for every OS version

Title: printers problems
Post by: marcus75 on March 29, 2006, 03:15:01 PM

thanks

it is working loggin with user admin. :pint:

Title: Re: solution
Post by: CharlieBrady on March 29, 2006, 10:32:11 PM

Quote from: "marcus75"

I have font the solution:
the problem, I open, is a stupid bug.
The printers names was to much long, so I have delete and reinstalled all printers with short names and now all is working.

Please report your problem via the bug tracker. If there is an effective limit on printer names, then that limit should be enforced by the server manager.

Title: Re: solution
Post by: marcus75 on March 30, 2006, 09:50:01 AM

Quote from: "CharlieBrady"

Please report your problem via the bug tracker. If there is an effective limit on printer names, then that limit should be enforced by the server manager.

ok I will do.