CentOS - Mar 2009 - Creating a CentOS Print Server for Windows Clients

A while ago I looked into this and was told not to bother as it was a
hack at best. Anyone shed any reliable info on creating a print server
for windows nt -> vista clients both x86 and x46 for a few Canon and
HP IP Printers.

Would this be reliable, are there any caveats or issues to be aware of?

Thanks!
jlc

on 3-26-2009 10:16 AM Joseph L. Casale spake the
following:
> A while ago I looked into this and was told not to bother as it was a
> hack at best. Anyone shed any reliable info on creating a print server
> for windows nt -> vista clients both x86 and x46 for a few Canon and
> HP IP Printers.
> 
> Would this be reliable, are there any caveats or issues to be aware of?
> 
> Thanks!
> jlc
It just needs a working cups and samba install to get it working. I run
several linux print servers for windows clients, including driver installs.

The only real problem I had was right before service pack 3 came out for XP.
Some security update broke ALL my HP print drivers on the XP boxes. I fought
with it for 3 weeks, and had to create cups print driver based packages for
all the HP printers until SP3 magically fixed it. I never found out what
caused it.

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>It just needs a working cups and samba install to get it working. I run
>several linux print servers for windows clients, including driver installs.
What/How do you handle authentication/perms for the printers?
>The only real problem I had was right before service pack 3 came out for XP.
>Some security update broke ALL my HP print drivers on the XP boxes. I fought
>with it for 3 weeks, and had to create cups print driver based packages for
>all the HP printers until SP3 magically fixed it. I never found out what
>caused it.
Huh, that was my next question. It's trivial to add drivers for various
windows
platforms to my windows servers, and it appears you have done this as well. I
will check out Samba's doc site to see what's involved in making a cups
print
driver based package.

Thanks!
jlc

On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:16 PM, "Joseph L. Casale" <JCasale at
activenetwerx.com
 > wrote:
> A while ago I looked into this and was told not to bother as it was a
> hack at best. Anyone shed any reliable info on creating a print server
> for windows nt -> vista clients both x86 and x46 for a few Canon and
> HP IP Printers.
>
> Would this be reliable, are there any caveats or issues to be aware  
> of?
Samba print sharing is more dependable then Samba file sharing in my  
opinion.

The windows driver directory PRINT$ can take a little work to get  
setup properly, but after it's setup right you install drivers there  
from a Windows client as if it were any other print server.

-Ross