PDF Service with Samba

[Matt Nelson]

Have you gotten any help with this?  I'd like to set it up too but would
like to know of any pitfalls before hand

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Matt

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 08:43, Tim Wunder wrote:
> I've recently read an article written in 2001 for Linux Gazette, 
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html, concerning setting up a 
> PDF service with Samba. It looked rather interesting and fairly
> straightforward to set up, so I gave it a shot. I'm currently using
> Samba 2.2.0 (I know, I need to update...) as the server and the clients
> are Win 2K SP1.
> 
> The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to get any decent output. I 
> have Samba automatically load the printer as described in the 
> "Streamlining" section of the article, and that seems to be working fine 
> (the automatic printer setup part). Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to 
> be yielding a decent PDF file, I keep getting a 2-page PDF file with the 
> following on page 2:
> ERROR: syntaxerror
> OFFENDING COMMAND: %ztokenexec_continue
> STACK:
> -filestream-
> 
> Perhaps someone here has a clue on what may be wrong.
> 
> Potentially relevant troubleshooting bits below:
> 
> The printer related sections of my smb.conf file:
> [printers]
>          path = /home/netshare/spool
>          printable = Yes
>          printer driver = "HP LaserJet 2200 Series PS"
>          printer driver location = \\%h\printer$
>          browseable = No
> 
> .. file shares skipped ...
> 
> [pdfoutput]
>          path = /home/netshare/pdf
>          force user = nobody
>          read only = No
>          guest ok = Yes
> 
> [pdf]
>          path = /tmp
>          guest ok = Yes
>          printable = Yes
>          print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %s
>          lpq command =
>          lprm command =
>          printer driver = "HP LaserJet 2200 Series PS"
>          printer driver location = \\%h\printer$
> 
> [printer$]
>          path = /etc/samba/printdrivers
>          guest ok = Yes
> 
> [LaserJetIII]
>          comment = LaserJetIII in Inv Ctrl
>          path = /home/netshare/spool
>          read only = No
>          guest ok = Yes
>          printable = Yes
>          printer name = LaserJetIII
>          printer driver = "HP LaserJet 2200 Series PS"
>          printer driver location = \\%h\printer$
>          oplocks = No
>          share modes = No
> 
> 
> $ ls -l /etc/samba/printdrivers/
> total 44
> -rwxr--r--    1 root     root        44386 Jan 28 11:59 hp2200_7.ppd
> 
> $ cat /etc/samba/printers.def
> HP LaserJet 2200 Series PS:HP2200_7.PPD:hp2200_7.ppd:::RAW:hp2200_7.ppd
> 
> I've tested ps2pdf by creating a PostScript File printer in Windows, 
> printed to a file, then used
> /usr/bin/ps2pdf postscript_test.ps
> and got a good PDF file as output.
> 
> I also tested the /usr/bin/printpdf script with the same 
> postscript_test.ps file and managed to create a perfectly good PDF in 
> the appropriate directory.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
> 
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Matt Nelson <n5tkn at zonekeeper.org>