[TriLUG] Samba printing problems

[Rick DeNatale]

On 4/27/05, Glenn Hennessee <Glenn_Hennessee at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> Rick DeNatale wrote:
> > Thanks to Kevin and Jeff, I've now got the Windoze machine printing to
> > the printer using Cups instead of Samba.
> >
> > One more niggling windoze problem.  I can't seem to get rid of the old
> > printer from the windows machine.  It just sits there saying that it
> > is "deleting". If I reboot it just comes back.  I tried googling but
> > didn't come up with anything.
> >
> > I know that this is a windoze question, but thought somebody here
> > might know what might be going on.
> Windows actually tries to access the printer if you just click on it. If
> the printer doesn't actually exist any longer it can take windows quite
> some time to time out. Try right clicking the mouse on the printer and
> select delete rather than left clicking and hitting the delete key.
> Right click usually bypasses the "check the status" of the printer.
> glenn
> 
Well I'd already tried that, just tried it again.  It doesn't seem to
make a difference.
Left clicking seems to select the printer before it brings up the context menu.

This is in the Windows XP (home if that matters) Faxes and Printers
window. There seem to be at least three ways to try to delete a
printer.

1) Select it then hit the delete this printer link in the upper left
panel of the window.
2) Select it and hit the delete key.
3) Left click to bring up a context menu and select delete this printer.

All seem to work the same way, first they ask are you sure, then the
printer shows "deleting" under the printer's icon which NEVER seems to
time out. Rebooting just clears the "deleting."