[Samba] Re: driver download problem - win 98 + cups

[Jeff Hardy]

Thanks for the suggestion, and thanks to the Cups mailing list for 
theirs as well... 8 characters max in a printer name for full samba 
functionality in Windows 98.

Here is a brief summary of my
situation for any other newbies (I myself am still very much one):

In windows 98, printer name:
----------------------------
 > 13 characters: printer offline
<= 13 but > 8: ppd doesn't download, but can print with adobe drivers
<= 8: full functionality

I also tried an 8.3 printer name testtest.tst, which resulted in a ppd 
of testtest.tst.ppd.  This exhibited the same behavior that I had 
before...namely no download but still can print because the Adobe 
drivers came down.

-Jeff



Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Jeff Hardy hardyjm at potsdam.edu
> 
>> Wed Apr 16 12:04:25 GMT 2003
>>
>> I'm having trouble with driver downloads to Win98 clients from a Cups 
>> server/
>>
>> red hat 8.0 (2.4.18-26.8.0)
>> cups-1.1.18
>> samba 2.2.8
>> netatalk-1.6.1
>>
>> I have windows clients successfully installing and printing to printers
>> over samba and macs over netatalk.  I'm using the stock Adobe drivers. 
>> Windows 2000 and Windows XP clients successfully grab drivers off of 
>> the print$ share without a glitch.  But Windows 98 gets stuck partway. 
> 
> 
> My best guess is that you should try again with a printer name equal or
> less than 8 characters....
> 
> Unforch, I don't have a Win 98 system around, but someone from the Samba
> Team will let me play with his for a while soon.
> 
> While you're at it -- could you please try with an "8.3" filename too,
> please?
> 
>> After it makes progress pulling the Adobe files off, it gets stuck on 
>> the actuall ppd for the printer.
> 
> 
> [....]
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt   
>