10.4.6 server: print jobs vanish (mac & pc)

setup:
- private network (192.168.1.1/24)
- 1 mac os x server, 1 lpd printer with static addresses
- 1 mac os x client, 1 winxp client with dhcp addresses (from router)
services on server:
- afp (for network homedirectories, mac only)
- open directory (for network users, mac only)
- print and windows (for print server, mac and pc)
config:
the server connects to the printer via the lpd protocol and accepts print jobs to the queue via appletalk, ipp and windows printing.
problems:
1) jobs sent via appletalk or windows printing vanish. they appear as sent on the client's print queue but never appear on the server's queue nor the logfile. jobs sent via ipp work, though.
2) adding a "networked printer" on windows xp doesn't work. the "wizard" sees the print server and his queues but upon adding a queue refuses to connect to it, citing some access rights problems.
questions:
1) has anyone successfully connected from winxp to the print server and managed to print a document?
2) how?
thanks a lot for your time,
raoul schaffner.
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I'm not 100% sure about this but I think if you're providing SMB printing it is spooled through SAMBA and the /var/spool/samba folder. What the server is using to print to the printer is secondary.
And beware of the not using any Administrator account on the Windows box for printing. Might also be other permissions problems acting up.

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