samba - Mar 2002 - Win2k/Printer Installs

Hi,

I've been reading the docn on installing printers via the samba server
and I find it all rather confusing so I'm hoping some nice person out
there can explain it a bit more clearly. 

I have Win2k clients/Solaris 7 Samba server (2.2.2).  What I want to get
working is client PCs installing printers as easily as possible (i.e. 
so that our users can do it and not me !).  I have installed network
printers as administrator on Win2k clients and it works (although we get
a status message of "Access Denied, Cannot Connect" ?) but when a new
printer arrives I want to make the process easier.  I guess ideally I'd
like the user to look on the share, double click a printer and the
printer & drivers get installed. 

- I'm not sure what I should define in my smb.conf ?
- What directory structure I should have on the samba print$ share ?
- Instead of using imprints (which I couldn't get to work), can I use
the exe bundles supplied at hp.com ?

Hope someone can help

Regards
Steve Law
--
Computing Officer 
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Edinburgh University.
Phone: 0131 650 5037 , Email: steve@maths.ed.ac.uk
Home Page: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~steve

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Steven Law wrote:
> 
> I've been reading the docn on installing printers via the samba server
> and I find it all rather confusing so I'm hoping some nice person out
> there can explain it a bit more clearly. 
> 
> I have Win2k clients/Solaris 7 Samba server (2.2.2).  What I want to get
> working is client PCs installing printers as easily as possible (i.e. 
> so that our users can do it and not me !).  I have installed network
> printers as administrator on Win2k clients and it works (although we get
> a status message of "Access Denied, Cannot Connect" ?) but when a
new
> printer arrives I want to make the process easier.  I guess ideally I'd
> like the user to look on the share, double click a printer and the
> printer & drivers get installed. 
> 
> - I'm not sure what I should define in my smb.conf ?
> - What directory structure I should have on the samba print$ share ?
> - Instead of using imprints (which I couldn't get to work), can I use
> the exe bundles supplied at hp.com ?
Steve,

All of this is outlined in the Printing chapter of the 
Samba-HOWTO-Collection included in the Samba distribution.
Do you have specific questions about this document?













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