[vox-tech] printer config: hp2100 on Red Hat 8 + samba

[David Siedband <david@calMAPSteg.org>]

I'm moving a printer (hp2100M) from a RH5 server to one running RH8, to 
be shared over samba with some windows boxes.  The workstations see the 
printer, but when they print to it, I get pages of gibberish (text and 
characters).

I copied the config from /etc/printcap on the RH5 box to 
/etc/printcap.local on the RH8 server.  It looks like this entry was 
generated with Printtool.  This new server doesn't have X installed, is 
there a command line equivalent to Printtool or is editing the config 
files by hand the way to go?  I edited printcap and moved the contents 
of /var/spool/lpd/lp0 to the RH8

Here is my entry from /etc/printcap.local

##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE POSTSCRIPT 1200X1200 letter {} PostScript Default 1
lp0:\
      :sd=/var/spool/samba/hp2100:\
      :mx#0:\
      ::\
      :192.168.0.253:\
      ::\
      :/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:\

I thought this should show up in /etc/printcap verbatim, but the 
following line is different

       :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0

Here are the relevant parts of my /etc/samba/smb.conf

# Global Parameters
[global]
      workgroup = TEAM7
      netbios name = epic
      server string = The Server
      max log size = 1200
      timeserver = no
      load printers = yes
      printing = lprng
      printcap name = /etc/printcap
      logon script = logon.bat
      domain logons = yes
      os level = 65
      domain master = yes
      local master = yes
      preferred master = yes
      wins support = yes
      create mask = 0777
      force create mode = 0664
      force directory mode = 0777
      hosts allow = 192.168.0.
      dos filetimes = yes
      encrypt passwords = yes

[hp2100]
      printable = yes
      printer name = lp0
      comment = HP LaserJet 2100M
      print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -Plp0 -h %s
      browseable = yes
      path = /var/spool/samba/hp2100

Thanks for any ideas on how to fix this.
--
David


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