samba - Mar 2005 - HP DesignJet 5000ps and ntforms.tdb

Hello All,
 
I have come across a problem that I am not sure where to begin:
 
We have an HP DesignJet 5000 PS 60 wide format printer that is part of
our public printing pool which we share out to the pc world via Samba.
 
I am using Samba 3.0.11 in RHAS Enterprise Linux, Update 3.  
 
When I install the printer driver onto the server using the Windows APW,
and then install the printer on a fresh pc, I have noticed that the
forms associated with this printer do not show up locally or on the
Samba server.  I have also noted that nforms.tdb doesn't appear to
change.
 
Is there something I am missing here?  Has anyone else observed this?
The forms for this wide format printer are handy, particularly ArchE,
which is a common size to use for posters.
 
Any insight or tips are appreciated.
 
Thanks.
 
Marc Taylor

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Taylor, Marc wrote
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| When I install the printer driver onto the server using
| the Windows APW, and then install the printer on a fresh pc,
| I have noticed that the forms associated with this printer
| do not show up locally or on the Samba server.  I have also
| noted that nforms.tdb doesn't appear to change.
|
| Is there something I am missing here?  Has anyone else
| observed this?  The forms for this wide format printer are
| handy, particularly ArchE, which is a common size to use
| for posters.
|
| Any insight or tips are appreciated.

It's a defenciency in in how printers are initialized on
the Samba server.  There some really awful code in
http://www.samba.org/~jerry/src/win32/ that can handle this
for you.

You have to add the driver on the client and the run the
addforms.exe tool.  It's not very smart.  It will add every
non-default form installed on the client to the server.
It's more proof of concept on what would need to be done.
Maybe one day I (or someone) will write a proper tool.

Maybe after the 3.0.13 release.....

Maybe.....




cheers, jerry
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Thanks for the info on the addforms executable.

I was able to upload the forms on a test server, but they don't appear
to download.

Are they suppose to download to the client during the install?

Thanks.

Marc