samba and print driver options

[Darin Perusich]

i can print fine from the win2k machines, i don't have access to all the 
paper size options.

Cyber Source wrote:
> I haven't been watching this thread too closely so forgive me if this 
> question seems to be out of the current progression but, I take it you 
> are having trouble printing from a W2K client to a printer via Samba? I 
> had this same problem and did fix it. Let me know if this is the case 
> and I can tell you what I did.
> On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 07:51, Darin Perusich wrote:
> 
>>i'm not using cupsaddsmb to install the drivers into samba, i'm actually 
>>installing them from a win2k client, it's just easier that way. i've 
>>started with a clean slate on the win2k machine, no printers or print 
>>drivers installed and installed the driver into samba. and with a local 
>>tcp/ip printer setup to print directly to this lpr(via cups) printer, i 
>>installed the local driver into samba. same results when attaching to 
>>the smb printer share.
>>
>>i'm going to post the message i sent to the samba list to the cups list, 
>>hopefully i'll get some info there. i'd rather not have to install local 
>>printers on the win2k clients, that would be a pain.
>>
>>thanks.
>>
>>Robert Meyer wrote:
>>> Have you tried creating the samba printer on the W2K boxes and using the
>>> locally installed printer driver?  I've heard of weirdness where the driver
>>> versions on the server were out of date with the version on the local drive. 
>>> Since Samba sends data to the printer in raw format (rather than processing it
>>> on Ghostscript), whatever goes there comes directly from the windows box
>>> unmolested (it's already been molested sufficiently by Win) so there's nothing
>>> happening in CUPS or lprng that would affect that.
>>> 
>>> I would install the printer with the local drivers and see what happens...
>>> 
>>> Cheers!
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> --- Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>i've setup a samba print server for win2k clients that automaticly 
>>>>installs the driver on the client. i have a total of 4 printers, 3 HP 
>>>>8100dn's and 1 fiery RIP attached to a toshiba FC22. the HP's are fine, 
>>>>but the fiery driver on the samba server doesn't show all the paper 
>>>>sizes. yet when install as a local tcp/ip printer they show up.
>>>>
>>>>this machine is redhat7.3, samba 2.2.7, CUPS 1.1.14. when viewing this 
>>>>printers configurable options in CUPS all this info is avialable. i've 
>>>>posted this to the samba maillist and got one bit, i switched to CUPS 
>>>>from lprng but this didn't matter. any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>-- 
>>>>Darin Perusich
>>>>Unix Systems Administrator
>>>>Cognigen Corp.
>>>>darinper at cognigencorp.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> -- 
> Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>
> 
> 


-- 
Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com