DOwnload printer drivers

[Joachim Feise]

Brugier Pascal wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I have one samba server "servimp" and many W2k and W98 stations.
> servimp is only a printing server.
> 
> I want to use the possibility of downloadable printer driver
> from the server, but i have got several problems with W2k.
> 
> When i want to use a printer which is visible on the net
> neighboruhood, the W2k stations tell me to install the driver -ok.
> 
> The driver installer is going to read for driver on the samba
> server but can't find it and the on the server the log.smbd
> say:
> 
> [2002/01/08 13:28:09, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(239)
>   poste_127_jacca (192.33.60.127) couldn't find service
> ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a
> 2de-08002b30309d}
> 
> I made a print$ share, i made the driver dirs with W32X86/2/
> and W32X86/3 i put in this directories the driver i found on the
> W2k clients, i'd test to with drivers from Adobe but it's the same
> problem

AFAIK, you have to upload the drivers from the W2K *Server* CD. You
can't use the drivers that are on the W2K Workstation CD. At least,
this is what I had to do to get the driver download working.

-Joe