Printers browsable but...

[Nick Pietraniec]

That's what I have been doing, and it's been working fine except...  I'm 
trying to set up a print server for my company and such a procedure be a 
step backward in terms of ease of use for the somewhat less then 
knowledgable users :)

-Nick


Martyn Ranyard wrote:

>Just type the name, sometimes network neighborhood (which is what the add
>printer dialog is based upon) gets confused for the silliest of reasons,
>where it says printer, type \\machinename\ptintername.  The other option is
>to go to network neighborhood, then your machine (direct by \\machinename if
>you want) and double click the printer, it will say something to the effect
>of "to use this printer it must first be set up, do you want to do this
>now?" whereupon you say yes.
>
>Martyn Ranyard
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nick Pietraniec" <Npietran at umich.edu>
>To: <samba at samba.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 11:21 PM
>Subject: Printers browsable but...
>
>
>>Hello all, I'm utterly confused.
>>
>>I'm trying to share CUPS printers on my network to Windows users via
>>
>samba...  I've added printer
>
>>shares, then they show up - I can browse to them and print from them via
>>
>windows, but they aren't
>
>>showing up in the "add printers" dialog box...  My computer doesn't show
>>
>up at all in that dialog
>
>>box actually.
>>
>>I find this very confusing, because the printers are getting shared...
>>
>Why wouldn't they show up in
>
>>  the Windows "add printer" tool?
>>
>>Thanks for your help-
>>
>>Nick
>>
>>
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