how are people "using the application" on the linux server? Telnetting into the server? Also, lpd or cups should automatically retry to print a document if it can't connect to the printer initially. That is relevant to the printing subsystem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luca Ferrari" <fluca1978@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:00 AM Subject: help with a samba printer > Hi, > I'm still fighting with this problem, hoping to find a solution. We have a > management program which runs on a Linux server. Each workstation (windows > pcs) connects to the Linux server and work with the management software. Each > pc can print result from the software on a local printer shared with samba, > thus each pc shares the printer and the linux servers has all printers loaded > as smb printers. Since the software runs in the server itself, prints are > produced from the server and delivered via samba. Is there a way to leave a > printing document in the queue untill it is printed? I mean, if the windows > printer is switched off, can the server (lpd or cups) retry untill the > printer is turned on? > > Thanks, > Luca > > -- > Luca Ferrari, > fluca1978@xxxxxxxxxxx > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
