Tor Bechmann Sørensen
2003-Mar-01 20:52 UTC
[Samba] Samba server side printer driver, how?
I think my previous message didnt reach the list. Therefor a resend. Hi. Im an admin on a small network with about 100 clients running windows 95, 98, 98SE, windows 2000 and XP. Our server is running samba 2.2.5 and sharing one HP Laserjet 5M/MP. Our current setup works fine, but I am wondering How do I put windows clients drivers on my samba server to eliminate the need for users to choose printer drivers (and to have the windows cd around) when they add the samba shared printers? I am looking for help in creating the samba share whereupon the nessesary files could reside. And for generating the nessecary files, and putting them there. Also, I am wondering about the legality of the process: That is, since my users are residents at my dorm, they have their own private software, and the dorm which is running the server, doesnt have any windows licenses. I could borrow the relevant installation cds to generate the nessesary files, i guess, but would it be legal? I have been googling and reading documentation, but I could only find documentation relevant to versions previous to 2.2.0 and nothing that could help me. Regards Tor Bechmann Sorensen --
Gerald (Jerry) Carter
2003-Mar-04 15:16 UTC
[Samba] Samba server side printer driver, how?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Tor Bechmann S?rensen wrote:> How do I put windows clients drivers on my samba server to eliminate the > need for users to choose printer drivers (and to have the windows cd > around) when they add the samba shared printers?There's a HOWTO included with current Samba distributions. cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- hp.com SAMBA Team ---------------------- samba.org GnuPG Key ---- plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc "You can never go home again, Oatman, but I guess you can shop there." --John Cusack - "Grosse Point Blank" (1997) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard iD8DBQE+ZMNRIR7qMdg1EfYRAqm3AJ0cg7Tpjq60ecIhjXv3plBNdabnzgCguvN3 wHRtE5zdJ7IbQMalh+b8EdI=4Zgv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----