Hi. I set up samba printer drivers (printer$ share) on my Samba 2.2.7a. The printer drivers install works fine, however I have the problem that after installing the driver isn't configured propertly (I want to force using Duplexing unit,...) - is there any way to specify the 'default settings' for printer drivers? BTW: How can I get the correct printer default settings? Regards, Dezo
Hello Dezo, When you say "printer$" do you really mean "print$"? The feature you want worked for me with Samba 2.2.6 running on AIX and Windows NT clients. But my driver share is called "print$" as recommended in chapter 6 of the Samba-HOWTO-Collection document. PCC -----Original Message----- From: Damir Dezeljin [mailto:programing@mbss.org] Sent: Monday, 07 April, 2003 9:51 AM Hi. I set up samba printer drivers (printer$ share) on my Samba 2.2.7a. The printer drivers install works fine, however I have the problem that after installing the driver isn't configured propertly (I want to force using Duplexing unit,...) - is there any way to specify the 'default settings' for printer drivers? BTW: How can I get the correct printer default settings? Regards, Dezo
> Hello Dezo, > > When you say "printer$" do you really mean "print$"? The > feature you want worked for me with Samba 2.2.6 running on > AIX and Windows NT clients. But my driver share is called > "print$" as recommended in chapter 6 of the > Samba-HOWTO-Collection document. >Would you care to elaborate a little more on this? The How-To you're mentioning is not clear at all about the issue. E.g. The part with the APW was more than confusing... So, if I've somehow get the drivers on the server in that share [print$] what's the next step to make the client download them? [printer$] share with path to the installed drivers? Or should the [print$] section have "printable" in it?
Damir Dezeljin programing at mbss.org wrote on Samba-Digest:> Mon Apr 7 11:26:57 GMT 2003 > > Hi. > >> When you say "printer$" do you really mean "print$"? > ops ... sorry ... my mistake - I named the share print$ however I mistyped > it in the mail. > > I created a fake printer add script that only add an alias to the > /etc/printcap to satisfy samba after instalation. Then I used Windows > add printer wizard to add drivers to the server. This finished without any > problem ... then I tried to use properties of this printer to set that I > have duplexing unit installed, however this didn't change settings in > samba (I realy don't know what I have to change to make this work) however > it generate some new aliases in /etc/printcap (so it rerun my add printer > script ;) ). > > Any idea how to solve my problem?Hi, Damir, it'd help me a lot to evaluate your problem if you would kindly provide some more information about your setup and what *exactly* you did. * What's the OS/version Samba is running on? * What's the Unix print subsystem you are using? (CUPS. LPRng,...) * What sort of Win OS client were yuu using when you tried to set the default print settings? Without a working crystal ball no-one is able to give you any solid answer about your problem... ;-) Cheers, Kurt
Yes, your add printer script runs every time you change the printer "properties" from the Windows end. (Don't know why!) So you have to make the script smart enough to detect when the printer already exists to prevent duplicates from being created. If the APW worked ok for you I don't know why you can't change the properties. Are you getting "Access denied" type errors at the Windows end when you try? PCC -----Original Message----- From: Damir Dezeljin [mailto:programing@mbss.org] Sent: Monday, 07 April, 2003 11:27 AM To: Peter Carpenter Hi.> When you say "printer$" do you really mean "print$"?ops ... sorry ... my mistake - I named the share print$ however I mistyped it in the mail. I created a fake printer add script that only add an alias to the /etc/printcap to satisfy samba after instalation. Then I used Windows add printer wizard to add drivers to the server. This finished without any problem ... then I tried to use properties of this printer to set that I have duplexing unit installed, however this didn't change settings in samba (I realy don't know what I have to change to make this work) however it generate some new aliases in /etc/printcap (so it rerun my add printer script ;) ). Any idea how to solve my problem? BTW: Are you using lpr or any other print facility like cups,...? Regards, Dezo