Re: [hylafax-users] Samba FAXing

[Karmit Ho <karmit_ho@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Rolf,

It has been a week after your last reply. It is also after around one month's work. I am now able to work with HylaFAX. I can now send FAX from XP clients using Winprint HylaFax. Incoming FAX can now be received by Fax Server, converted it to PDF and send by email. I spent the past week (or more) working with sendmail. Still, I have to test for relibility. I am not sure if I am right in everything, but I have learned a lot.

By the way, I have to trouble you a bit more. I hope you don't mind.

1. I can only "http://127.0.0.1:631/printers"; with the Linux PC to access and setup the printer. I cannot "http://192.168.0.200:631/printers"; on XP PC while I can "http://192.168.0.200:10000"; for Webmin. I have already disabled the firewall of the Linux PC. During the printer setup : Device ? I choose "ipp", Make ? I choose "Postscript", Model ? I choose "Genric Postscript". Is that okay ? How can I make a test ?

2. I have problem with printer setup in XP. It seems that the client PC cannot access the server (ipp://192.168.0.200:631/printers/SamberFax), I guess with the same reason above. Do I need to change some setting of CUPS ?

Please give me some advice / instructions. Thanks so much !!!

Karmit

----- Original Message ----
From: Rolf Ackermann <rolf.ackermann@xxxxxxx>
To: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:59:19 PM
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] Samba FAXing

Hi Karmit

> 1. For e), shall I do it in Samba ? OR actually add a printer ? I have checked that the path in the Samba share "/var/spool/samba" is accessable to ALL. Sorry, I am still a newbie to Linux.
No, do it within CUPS (eg. https://faxserver:631/printers). When you will be
asked for the DeviceURI enter the name of the script "sambafax" (without any
path). Please note that you first should copy the script into
"/usr/lib/cups/backend" directory.

> 2. I am testing with Windows XP, I suppose I can add any PS printer.
> 
> 3. I have also tried to add a 9-pin printer in "Printer configuration", then it appears in the Samba printer share. I set it to guest okay. It appeared to the Windows XP PC, but same message : access denied, cannot connect. Why ? I guess I have to modify something in Samba.
To both questions: If you use IPP (Internet printer protocol) you
don't need to configure samba because CUPS is working primarly with
IPP. The advantage of IPP is that you can configure you printer as
you need from Windows, MAC, Linux.

The other thing is that (while installing under Windows) you can
simply add a new printer using any PS driver but as a network
printer with the device URI like point g).

Kind regards

Rolf (aka spieler67)


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