[Samba] Adding Printer Drivers for existing Printers (Win2000, WinNT x86)

Gerald Carter jerry at samba.org
Tue May 14 05:57:01 GMT 2002


On 14 May 2002, Reinhard Brandstädter wrote:

> Wohaaa...!!
> I finally managed it!
> 
> I had to use the correct driver for this model. HP offers 2 different
> drivers for this printer model which work fine when using in native,
> local printing. but when i tried the "HP LaserJet 6L PCL5e Driver" it
> worked. The other driver refused uploading...don't know why but it does.
> 
> Maybe anyone can tell me....

MS has a black list of printers that win2k wont install.
See %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\inf\printupg.inf.  You might wnat to check
in this file.





cheers, jerry
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