Re: cups - samba - frustration!
Angela Gavazzi wrote:
Am Dienstag, 10. Januar 2006 12.10 schrieb Clive Menzies:
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html
I will have a look at it.
When I try to prepare the printerdrivers for the windows clients with
cupsaddsmb "nothing" happens: no error message, "Printer added
successfully" but not drivers copied to print$ share, no updates from
ntprinters.tdb, nothing.
At the risk of asking a dumb question, have you set up the windows
driver sharing within smb.conf?
sure [print$] [printers] and necessary permissions. On the post from 2 1. 06
16.17 I attached all the configs if you like to see them
I haven't got a copy of your original post but there is printer share
section and an additional share for the drivers. I don't use the
downloadable drivers and have this commented out:
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = yes
printable = yes
public = yes
create mode = 0700
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
use client driver = yes
path = /tmp
# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
# [print$]
# comment = Printer Drivers
# path = /var/lib/samba/printers
# browseable = yes
# read only = yes
# guest ok = no
Also can you print from windows printer setting it up with a driver
sourced from somewhere other than the server?
do you meen from windows client to the printer connected to cups with a
locally installed driver? Or do you meen if I loaded the windows driver to
the server via windows printer wizard?
I just reread what I wrote and it doesn't make much sense to me either
:) What I meant to say was:
Also can you print from a windows 'PC' setting it up with a driver
sourced from somewhere other than the server?
What I do is install cups on the server with the requisite driver for
the printer using the cups web interface (using lynx, I don't have a gui
installed). Test it will print a test page from the web interface.
Set to use the client (in your case windows) driver within the smb.conf
(see above).
Then set up each individual printer from windows and make sure it will
print via the server. Typically, I source an appropriate driver for the
operating system and particular printer. On Windows it's a little
confusing because you have to select local rather than network printer
and then configure a new port for the windows/samba share.
Alternatively, if you explore and then right click on the printer you
can install from there.
Apologies, if this is 'teaching your grandmother to suck eggs'
I was asking whether you've tried this before attempting to automate any
driver installation.
Regards
Clive
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