Printing from NT Workstation to Samba-TNG - anyone have a quick guide?

[Jean Francois Micouleau]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Angus Rae wrote:

> The test server is a CVS download (27/1/2000) of the SAMBA_TNG branch
> (although I believed the FAQ and downloaded the head branch, and didn't
> notice the difference until I spotted that "domain group map" wasn't
> recognised as a command), running on an updated RedHat 6.1 box. The test
> workstation is NT 4.0 SP6.
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> This seems to _nearly_ work; if I logon as a domain admin, open up
> Network Neighbourhood/Server/Printers, click "Add Printer", tick the
> port for the printer (ps15) and choose the printer driver (Apple
> Laserwriter Pro 630) it does appear to upload it to the server. However,
> it then fails to print the test page and no printer appears. If I try it
> again, it detects that the driver is already installed but no matter if
> I choose "replace" or "use" I then get a crash in EXPLORER.EXE.

you named it: SP6. The spoolss code doesn't work with SP5 and above.

> I suspect that the problem is I've missed some important stage out
> somewhere (for example, I don't have any "ntforms.def" file as I have no
> idea what should be in it).

Nope it's filled automatically, maybe it isn't created,... Try to "touch
ntforms.def"


	J.F.