automatically setting up printer drivers on clients (new style)

[Bryan Fetzer]

What you should do is install the printer on your
> computer and them
> access the share dialogue from there...  Not by
> browsing to it.  I
> originally installed the drivers from a 2k box, and
> I did have a little
> trouble adding different drivers.  I ended up
> installing the printer on
> a NT4 box and adding the NT4 drivers from there. 
> Everything works great
> now. 
------by installing it on your local machine and then
manipulating the share from there, you are not working
with the share on the server, but you are actually
sharing it from the local machine. by not browesing to
it,

Unless I'm reading this incorrectly. Can you now go to
any other nt4/win2k client and click on the printer
and have it install automatically?
--- Nick Pietraniec <nickp at campbellco.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the help, Jerry.  I got it working... 
> But I'm also curious
> about the "add printer command"  setting in
> smb.conf.  I've got to write
> a script to add the printer?  How would I approach
> that?  I haven't
> found any info out there on how to write an add
> printer script.  I'm
> using raw queues in cups to install the printers on
> my computer.
> 
> 
> If anyone's interested, here's exactly what I was
> doing wrong...  My
> problems were probable rooted in the fact that I
> haven't used this stuff
> on Windows before :)
> 
> this is what was happening...
> 
> - Browse to \\psnc9600\printers
> - right click a printer and click "properties"
> - a message pops up that says 
>      "Device settings cannot be displayed.  The
> driver for the specified
> printer is not installed.  Only spooler properties
> will be displayed. 
> Do you want to install driver now?  Yes No
> - I select "yes" and the "Add Printer Driver Wizard
> pops up
> - I install drivers for my HP LaserJet IIISi.  It
> looks like they go to
> c:\winnt\system32\spool\drivers\W32x86
> - After drivers are installed, the properties box
> pops up.  
> - I click the sharing tab and click additional
> drivers
> - I select "Intel Windows NT 4.0 or 2000," there is
> "No" in the
> installed column
> - I click OK and it says "Unable to install the
> Intel, Windows NT 4.0 or
> 2000 driver.  Operation could not be completed.
> - I click OK and close the printer properties box
> - If I right click the printer and select properties
> again, the message
> about no drivers being installed pops up again
> "Device settings...."
> 
> 
> What you should do is install the printer on your
> computer and them
> access the share dialogue from there...  Not by
> browsing to it.  I
> originally installed the drivers from a 2k box, and
> I did have a little
> trouble adding different drivers.  I ended up
> installing the printer on
> a NT4 box and adding the NT4 drivers from there. 
> Everything works great
> now. 
> 
> 
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