Bug 82292

Summary:	kdeprint using smb windows shared printer stop working
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdeprint	Reporter:	tim brooks <jasonbrooks>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist <kde-print-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	RedHat Enterprise Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description tim brooks 2004-05-27 04:24:21 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.2)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
Compiler:           Came with Fedora Core 1 
OS:                Linux

I installed a shared printer using the "smb share printer (windows)" option in kprinter. It worked fine for a while (about 2 week) then just stoped. I have not changed anything on the windows pc or the linux pc. I went to the control panel and I am still able to print test pages to the printer. Mozilla is still able to print too, but no k-apps (kwrite,kate,kghostview, and etc..) are able to print. Print jobs show up in the control panel as if they are printing but never do. I also checked cups. It shows jobs as complete. It almost seems like kprinter is not sending anything to cups. I also tried   adding banners just to see what would happen. The staring and ending banner would print but nothing else. Programs that are printing are Gimp, Mozilla, and Firebird. Programs not printing are all K-apps and Openoffice. I have unstalled the printer and reinstalled, but the problem continous. Like I said before this printer was working for about two weeks then just stop. No password or sharing permission have changed, and no new programs have been installed between the time It was working and the time it stoped working.

Comment 1 Michael Goffioul 2004-05-27 09:43:22 UTC

Well, that's weird!
At least, if you can see the jobs as finished in CUPS (whether using the CUPS web interface, or the KDE job viewer), this means that kprinter sent something to CUPS, which received and processed it. A few things that you can test is:
1) print to a PS file, and print the result file using "lpr"
2) increase debug level for CUPS (set LogLevel to debug2 in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf), restart CUPS, then monitor CUPS log file while printing something from a K-app using "tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log"

Something strange is that OpenOffice cannot print neither. Are you using "kprinter" to print from OpenOffice? From OpenOffice, if you print to a PS file then print the resutl using "lpr", does it work?

Comment 2 Cristian Tibirna 2005-09-24 06:25:29 UTC

Still waiting for the answer.

Comment 3 Kurt Pfeifle 2007-01-08 23:41:03 UTC

Closed this (unconfirmed) bug due to timeout for feedback requested by Cristian [2005-09-24 06:25] and Michael [2004-05-27 09:43].

Tim, feel free to re-open this report if the issue still bugs you with KDE 3.5.5 and Samba 3.0.23d (the "smb://") printing backend utilized by CUPS and KDEPrint is a part of Samba).

Comment 4 codyregister 2007-07-22 05:50:24 UTC

I too seem to have this problem
I am using ubuntu feisty (7.04)and I didn't recall changing anything when it stopped working if I set up another linux box to share the smb printer it prints(ie linux-linux-windows)
I can print from gimp and that is all that I know of firefox openoffice any kde printsystem even a cups test page (from the web interface)
I noticed that in the cups web interface jobs printed from gimp appear to come from stdin and all others say the program that printed them
I am using kde 3.5.7 and samba 3.0.24 I have another feisty box that is a more recent install I'll check sometime and see if it prints and if it does if it ever stops printing
I have tried reinstalling kdeprint and cups and no go I would force kdeprint to an older version but then it wants to remove all of kde and so I decided not to :)
it does not seem to be a distribution specific problem though