Jaunty: How to install a USB printer?

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 19:04 +0000, marc wrote:

> > That secret is to remove an printers section in the smb.conf.  Nuke it
> > totally.  In all machines.
> 
> We have a winnner!
> 
> All I did was nuke the [printers] section in smb.comf and restart samba. 
> Then, when I ran system-config-printer, it found it and installed it.
> 
> I would love to test it, but the yellow ink pot is now dry, and with 
> these KDE4-style printers (i.e. huge regressions) the thing will not 
> print until I install a new one... even though there is a separate black-
> only pot, which is full and all that is needed.
> 
> I'll post an update when I can find some new ink!

Ha! Told ya Samba was a printer grabber. The funny thing, according to
my experience, was that when samba is installed before the printer is
configured, it'll forever hold that printer down. Install the printer
first, then samba and that worked. It was embarrassing to be an
installation tech support monkey at Red Hat and not be able to make the
printer for the love of my life, now Ex, to work. I took the entire
system to work and put it all on a table and turned the entire crew
loose on it. About half of 'em said "Stand back! I'LL fix it!" The looks
on their faces after half a day was priceless. I didn't feel half as
dumb. Someone mentioned Samba, I ripped it out, the stupid printer
worked. Of course I was the HERO when it came home and worked. This was
in 2000, and HER printer had color! Mine was a POS. :) Ric

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