Hi! I've been trying to find a solution to a printer problem. All I found is a message posted to this list about a year ago, which describes about the same problem (the message is in the end of this mail). So, each time I try to print from windows 2000 or XP I get this error message: Microsoft Visuall C++ Runtime Llibrary Program: C:...Winword.exe Abnormal program termination I have three network printers they all have the same problem. The printers are: HPLJ4050, HPLJ4100, HPBIJ2280 I use the following process to setup the printers: 1. Install the printer to cups using KDE Control center - I've tried raw, postscript and PCL drivers, doesn't seem to make any difference, should it? 2. Restarting samba 3. In windows I go to \\server\printers => propeties for the printer 4. Install the windows PCL (5 or 6) driver using APW 5. Connect to printer All this goes just fine, but after this, if I try to see the properties or to print I get error message. I've recompiled samba and cups and googled my brains out, but haven't been able find out the problem. So, any help would be nice. BACKGROUND INFO: I'm using latest samba and latest cups. Some smb.conf data: [global] ... printing = cups printcap name = cups ... [printers] #comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No public = yes guest ok = yes writable = no printer admin = root, @smbadmins [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /etc/samba/drivers browseable = yes guest ok = yes read only = no write list = root, @smbadmins The mail I found: ------------------------------------------------- [Samba] Printing is broken in rc1? Demchenko Yevheniy zheka at uvt.cz Thu Aug 21 15:07:11 GMT 2003 Previous message: [Samba] Odd tdb cups/samba Printing Problem Next message: [Samba] Printing is broken in rc1? Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- I have upgraded recently from alpha22 to rc1. While trying to access printer properties from XP, i'm getting error "Runtime Error! program: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe abnormal program termintation". Printing is not possible as well. This error is reproducable from any WinXP computer on network on any shared by samba printer. Printers are HPLJ2100, drivers are latest PCL6 downloaded from HP and are installed on server via Add Printer wizard. When i delete drivers from server and install them again, it works for a while until the first change in printer settings. Any ideas? Thanks.