[Samba] Re: Printer Driver Download Problem - PPD's Not DL'ing

[Ben Brown]

 > Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
 >
 >> Ben Brown wrote on Samba-Digest:
 >>
 >
 >>>> Message: 5
 >>>> Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 12:27:22 -0500
 >>>> From: Ben Brown <bbrown at regsrv.nw.uoguelph.ca>
 >>>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
 >>>> Subject: [Samba] Printer Driver Download Problem - PPD's Not DL'ing
 >>>>
 >>>> Hey All, just a quick question about printer upload/download stuff
 >>>> that's been confusing the hell out of me for a couple days...
 >>>>
 >>>> This might be a Samba, or a CUPS problem, so i've posted this on both
 >>>> newsgroups, but if anyone's had a similar problem I'd really
 >>>> appreciate any help!
 >>>>
 >>>> I'm running Samba 2.2.7 and CUPS 1.1.17 on a RedHat 7.3 System.. 
  I'm
 >>>> trying to get the automatic printer driver downloads working by using
 >>>> the CUPS 'cupsaddsmb' script which uses smbclient and rpcclient calls
 >>>> to upload the drivers and set the drivers for the printer.
 >>>> cupsaddsmb appears to function correctly, but when trying to download
 >>>> the drivers on a Win9x machine, not all of the driver files download.
 >>>>
 >>>> the rpccommand:
 >>>>
 >>>> rpcclient localhost -N -U'root%j0inm3' -c 'adddriver "Windows 4.0"
 >>>> 
"test1:ADOBEPS4.DRV:test1.PPD:NULL:ADOBEPS4.HLP:PSMON.DLL:RAW:ADOBEPS4.DRV:test1.PPD,ADOBEPS4.HLP,PSMON.DLL,ADFONTS.MFM,DEFPRTR2.PPD,ICONLIB.DLL"' 

 >>>>
 >
 >>
 >>
 >> This looks like it is transfering too many items (1 too much, the
 >> ADOBEPS4.HLP
 >> is transfered twice) through the adddriver command.
 >
 >
 > Sorry -- this sentence above is wrong and misleading. The paragraphs
 > below clarifies the point more. (I don't know how this sentence made
 > it into the mail...)
 >
 >
 >> See "man rpcclient", section adddriver, where it should only be
 >>
 >>                    Long Printer Name:\
 >>                    Driver File Name:\
 >>                    Data File Name:\
 >>                    Config File Name:\
 >>                    Help File Name:\
 >>                    Language Monitor Name:\
 >>                    Default Data Type:\
 >>                    Comma Separated list of Files
 >>
 >> It works for me flawlessly, but then -- I have only the option to test
 >> on W32X86 architecture...
 >>
 >> Looking at your quote above from the verbose output of "cupsaddsmb", it
 >> looks like this is doing wrong:
 >>
 >>    "test1:         # Long Printer Name
 >>    ADOBEPS4.DRV:   # Driver File Name
 >>    test1.PPD:      # Data File Name
 >>    NULL:           # Config File Name
 >>    ADOBEPS4.HLP:   # Help File Mame
 >>    PSMON.DLL:      # Language Monitor Name
 >>    RAW:            # Default Data Type
 >>
 >>    ADOBEPS4.DRV:   # hmmm.... -- here the same name (it is the
 >>                    # "Driver File Name") appears a socond time!
 >>
 >>    test1.PPD,      # Comma Separated List of Files
 >>    ADOBEPS4.HLP,
 >>    PSMON.DLL,
 >>    ADFONTS.MFM,
 >>    DEFPRTR2.PPD,
 >>    ICONLIB.DLL"
 >
 >
 >
 > The problem with the above list (which is what you quoted):
 >
 >   * After the second appearance of "ADOBEPS4.DRV" there is a ":"
 >     as a delimiter -- it should realy be a "," (comma) and thusly
 >     make it a member of the "comma-separated list of files"...
 >
 > So the correct output should be:
 >
 > 
"test1:ADOBEPS4.DRV:test1.PPD:NULL:ADOBEPS4.HLP:PSMON.DLL:RAW:ADOBEPS4.DRV,test1.PPD,ADOBEPS4.HLP,PSMON.DLL,ADFONTS.MFM,DEFPRTR2.PPD,ICONLIB.DLL"'
 >
 >
 >      "test1:         # Long Printer Name
 >      ADOBEPS4.DRV:   # Driver File Name
 >      test1.PPD:      # Data File Name
 >      NULL:           # Config File Name
 >      ADOBEPS4.HLP:   # Help File Mame
 >      PSMON.DLL:      # Language Monitor Name
 >      RAW:            # Default Data Type
 >
 >      ADOBEPS4.DRV,   # Comma Separated List of Files
 >      test1.PPD,
 >      ADOBEPS4.HLP,
 >      PSMON.DLL,
 >      ADFONTS.MFM,
 >      DEFPRTR2.PPD,
 >      ICONLIB.DLL"
 >


Yup, exactly!  after posting I checked the cups 1.1.18 release notes and 
saw a fix for cupasaddsmb.

Yay commas!  *bangs head on desk*


 >
 >> I'd have a look on the release notes for CUPS 1.1.18 at
 >>
 >>     http://www.cups.org/relnotes.php
 >>
 >> to see if this has been corrected.
 >>
 >>
 >
 >>>> finishes correctly, setting the driver files from the print$ share..
 >>>>
 >>>> BUT..
 >>>>
 >>>> when using a win9x machine to install the printer only the
 >>>> 'ADOBEPS4.DRV' file gets downloaded..  This isnt a problem if a
 >>>> PostScript printer has been previously installed on the system, other
 >>>> than that the PPD file for the printer 'test1' isnt available.  And
 >>>> without the correct PPD, the printer's functionality is limited.
 >>>>
 >>>> So, the problem lies in the rpc command?  or the file download?  I've
 >>>> been stareing at CUPS and Samba FAQ's, newsgroups, source code, and
 >>>> debug logs and havent been able to clearify what the problem is..
 >>>>
 >>>> If anyone's got driver dl's working with cupsaddsmb, i'd love to hear
 >>>> from you!
 >>>>
 >>>> TIA
 >>>>
 >>>> --------------------
 >>>> Ben Brown
 >>>> Systems Analyst
 >>>> University of Guelph
 >
 >>
 >>
 >> Where is Guelph?

Thanks Kurt.

btw, Guelph is near Toronto Ontario..  where is Pfeifle?  :P