Automatic printerdriver distribution to Windows NT 4.0

dennis.bieling at primedisc.com dennis.bieling at primedisc.com
Wed Oct 10 03:44:02 GMT 2001



Hello to all of you !

By installing my samba-printserver I have discovered some problems
that I can`t solve. I am using a Suse 7.2 linux-distribution and samba
version 2.2.0.
The printing works fine, but I am not able to distribute the printer
drivers to my
Windows NT 4.0 clients. I build the driver packages using lpadmin. I also
created the print$ share and the W32X86 subfolder. I installed an
additional
subfolder for each printer-model I wanna use and extracted the printer
driver package to the specific
subfolder.
Can anyone help me out of my misery ?

Dennis


My smb.conf dealing with the printers looks like this:


[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        create mask = 0700
        guest ok = No
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No

[print$]
        path = /usr/local/samba/printers
        read only = Yes

[TESTPRIPL009]
        comment = TESTPRIPL009
        read only = Yes
        create mask = 0700
        guest ok = No
        hosts allow = all
        printable = Yes
        printer driver = HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL 6
        printer driver file =
/usr/local/samba/printers/W32X86/HP4000PCL/oemnt40.inf
        printer driver location =
/usr/local/samba/printers/W32X86/HP4000PCL/oemnt40.inf
        oplocks = No
        share modes = No

[HP2500C]
        create mask = 0700
        guest ok = No
        printable = Yes
        printer name = HP2500C
        printer driver = HP 2500C Series Printer
        printer driver file =
usr/local/samba/printers/W32X86/HP2500C/hp2x00c.inf
        printer driver location =
usr/local/samba/printers/W32X86/HP2500C/hp2x00c.inf
        oplocks = No
        share modes = No

[TESTPRIPL009_PS2]
        printable = Yes
        printer name = TESTPRIPL009_PS2
        printer driver = HP LaserJet 4000 Series PS
        printer driver file = usr/local/samba/printers/W32X86/ntprint.inf
        printer driver location =
usr/local/samba/printers/W32X86/ntprint.inf






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