[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#566245: Status of this "On wxp client, network printer switches itself to "Use printer offline", this cannot be reversed afterwards except by deleting/reinstalling printer" bug

[Pierre-Yves Paulus]

Hello Christian,

No problem for the delay, I myself have been really slow dealing with 
this issue. The fact you come back to me, even late, is much appreciated.

At the end of april, as the problem was continuing to occur, I upgraded 
this server to 3.4 from backports.org. So when I received your 
suggestion, I was already running a more up-to-date version.

Unfortunately, the same problem happens again with this upgrade done.

Following your suggestions, here are the step I took:

1) The printer was configured as "RAW" in Cups. I configured it a second 
time (KyoceraBis), now with a proper ppd et al.

The reason I configured the printer a second time aside of the original 
config (instead of changing it) is that the current setup is working 
properly for most of the lan's workstations, and I do not want to 
disrupt service for these other users for testing purposes.

2) In my smb.conf, I added this section:

[KyoceraBis]
         comment = Kyocera Mita FS-8008N TESTING
         path = /var/spool/samba
         valid users = foo, bar
         printable = Yes

which is basically the same as in the original setupe, but now lacking 
the line "use client driver = yes"

3) I the installed this "new" printer on the client WinXP system using. 
As described in smb.conf(5), I know suffer from the "Access Denied; 
Unable to connect" message when opening the printer queue window, but 
printing works fine so far. I can live with this slight annoyance for now.

We will see if the problem still occurs with that modified setup. If you 
have any sugggestion or request please do get in touch.