I have a Windows XP system. I have a Linux system. The Linux system is connect 
to an HP Printer (Deskjet 820cxi) with a parallel port.  I have added a share 
for all printers in the smb.conf file. Here is the setup:

printcap name = /etc/printcap
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
load printers = yes
dns proxy = no
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
printer = printer
path = /var/spool/samba
workgroup = MSHOME


and then below this I have:

[printers]
        path = /var/spool/samba
        comment = All Printers
        printable = yes
        public = yes


Now I can see the printer on this machine on my XP system. I can also see it 
when I do smbtree on the Linux system.

When I print a document, I open the print queue on the windows XP machine. I 
can see the document and then a few seconds its deleted. However, nothing 
shows up on the printer.

I looked in the log for the XP machine: accord.log 
under /var/log/samba/accord.log where accord is the name of the windows XP 
client I'm trying to print from.

Here is the output of that log file:
[2004/03/28 15:17:04, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(698)
  accord (192.168.0.2) connect to service jfk initially as user jfk (uid=500, 
gi
d=500) (pid 12060)
[2004/03/28 15:17:34, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(850)
  accord (192.168.0.2) couldn't find service ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-
08002b30
309d}
[2004/03/28 15:22:58, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(698)
  accord (192.168.0.2) connect to service printer initially as user jfk 
(uid=500
, gid=500) (pid 12060)
lpr: unable to print file: client-error-document-format-not-supported
[2004/03/28 15:23:09, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(880)
  accord (192.168.0.2) closed connection to service printer
[2004/03/28 15:25:54, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(698)
  accord (192.168.0.2) connect to service printer initially as user jfk 
(uid=500
, gid=500) (pid 12060)
lpr: unable to print file: client-error-document-format-not-supported
[2004/03/28 15:26:06, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(880)
  accord (192.168.0.2) closed connection to service printer
[2004/03/28 15:35:10, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(698)
  accord (192.168.0.2) connect to service printer initially as user jfk 
(uid=500
, gid=500) (pid 12060)
lpr: unable to print file: client-error-document-format-not-supported
[2004/03/28 15:35:22, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(880)
  accord (192.168.0.2) closed connection to service printer

Now when I type 
lpr <<file>> e.g. lpr smbd.pdf  I have no problem. The file shows up on the 
printer.

I cant figure out why this isn't working.

Thanks
josh
p.s. I'm running the latest Fedora (Red Hat Linux).