[Samba] I will pay you $10US (via Paypal) out of my own pocket if you can solve this CUPS & Samba problem.

Alfredo Cole alfredo at acyc.com
Fri May 31 12:10:08 GMT 2002


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I have always installed the appropriate printer driver on the Win 
box. Try it and it should work. It works for me.

El Vie 31 May 2002 12:26, escribiste:
> Seriously. I can't afford to be down much longer or I'm going to be
> in serious trouble.
>
> Running Redhat 7.2.
>
> Here's the scoop:
> Cups is installed and running.
> Samba is installed and running and is sharing files properly to
> 100+ people. I can print a test page from the Cups web-interface.
> I can print a test page by "cat foo | lpr" or "cat foo | lpr.cups"
> no problem.
> Swat sees the printer that exists in /etc/printcap.
> A print$ share has been created:
>     [print$]
>         path = /usr/share/cups/model/
>         guest ok = Yes
> /usr/share/cups/model/ contains a bunch of PPD printer drivers
> inside a directory called foomatic, created by a cups-drivers rpm.
> I have also tried having the drivers I need directly in the
> /usr/share/cups/model directory with no success.
>
> ...when I am on a windows box and try to install the printer that
> is listed (via the Printers control panel or by browsing to the
> Printers share via Network Neighbourhood), I get a "The server on
> which the printer resides does not have the correct printer driver
> installed. If you want to install the driver on your local
> computer, click OK".
>
> I really need to get this up and running. Please help.
>
> Greg Webster

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Alfredo J. Cole
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http://www.clshonduras.com (Linux Hardware)
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