[Bug 709188] Re: Samba in Lucid upgrade killed Envelope Feeder on HP LJ4000 printer

[Michael Lueck]

All right, I got the dependencies happy finally. Pulled down the
following packages:

libpam-smbpass_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1~lucid~ppa1_i386.deb
samba_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1~lucid~ppa1_i386.deb
samba-common_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1~lucid~ppa1_all.deb
samba-common-bin_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1~lucid~ppa1_i386.deb
libwbclient0_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.1~lucid~ppa1_i386.deb

I then booted up a WinXP machine, started Windows Explorer \ Printers
and Faxes on our Samba server \ properties of the three LJ4000 drivers.

As usual, the Envelope Feeder check box will not stay checked on the PCL
5e and PCL 6 drivers. I check the box and the "Apply" button does not
un-gray ack'ing that a change has been made which is possible to Apply /
Save.

Do you think the uploaded drivers might have been corrupted by the
former Samba build? Shall I go through the "purge Point-n-Print drivers"
process and re-upload them?

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Title:
  Samba in Lucid upgrade killed Envelope Feeder on HP LJ4000 printer

Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired
Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: samba

  This was not an issue with the Samba builds with Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10. I
  upgraded a couple of servers to 10.04 LTS (Lucid) and that upgrade
  killed the Envelope Feeder on all three official / latest HP drivers
  available for LaserJet LJ 4000 printers.

  We had been using Point-n-Print to upload printer drivers to the
  servers for about as long as it has been supported in Samba. That has
  worked well.

  I did not adjust anything with the print driver during the upgrade to
  Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid. However that upgrade killed the Envelope Feeder on
  the printer.

  The PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers print COM10 envelopes on plain paper from
  the tray, and they do not even rotate the text 90'.

  The PS driver print COM10 envelopes at least rotated 90', however
  still on plain paper.

  Inside the driver, the check box is unchecked for the envelope feeder
  in the PCL5e / PCL6 driver versions. It had always been checked since
  I built these servers / uploaded the drivers. The PS driver did keep
  the setting for Envelope Feeder selected.

  So I trying to clear out the drivers and reupload them, with the
  following:

  1) Stop Samba

  2) Backup files:
  /var/lib/samba/ntdrivers.tdb
  /var/lib/samba/ntprinters.tdb
  /var/lib/samba/ntforms.tdb
  /var/cache/samba/printing/printers.tdb
  /var/cache/samba/printing/HPLJ4000-PS.tdb
  /var/cache/samba/printing/HPLJ4000-PCL6.tdb
  /var/cache/samba/printing/HPLJ4000-PCL5e.tdb
  /srv/shares/print/* (dir that has the print share for drivers to be uploaded to)

  3) Delete said files

  4) Restart Samba

  5) From a Windows XP Pro workstation, login to the domain with an ID
  that is a PrinterAdmin

  6) Re-upload drivers

  7) Check the check box in the driver for the Envelope feeder.
  The check box would NOT stay checked in the PCL-5e or PCL 6 drivers.
  The check box DID say checked in the PS driver.

  8) Return to test workstation, reinstall the drivers over-top of the
  drivers already on the workstation (same version drivers as before, HP
  has not updated them recently)

  9) Confirm that the PS driver DID have the Envelope Feeder selected

  10) Try printing an envelope, printer LCD does indicate that it is
  going to print an envelope, however 8.5 x 11 paper is pulled in

  <><><><>

  WorkAround: I have moved to printing directly to CUPS via Windows XP
  "Internet Printing"

  The downside to that is I must visit each workstation to deploy the
  printers by hand. IPP has no "upload / download printer driver"
  capabilities. However all of the check boxes are functional, and
  envelopes print properly from all three drivers available for HP
  LJ4000 printers.

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