[Samba] So SAMBA no longer supports print driver downloads

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Fri Jan 31 14:58:47 GMT 2003


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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Robert M. Martel wrote:

> So SAMBA no longer supports print driver downloads.  That is about the
> only conclusion that I can come to at this point.  I've not been able to
> get Windows printer driver downloads to work right since Samba 2.2.2.
>
> No one but printer admins displays the correct settings for printers,
> everyone else gets the original printer defaults that they cannot
> change.

Did you initialize the driver bound to the printer?

> Does anyone *REALLY* have downloading printer drivers to Windows 2000
> clients working properly?  Has anyone documented the steps as the ones
> in the available documentation DON'T work?

Works fine here (on a daily basis).  Not sure what to tell you with more 
information.

If you want to tell me exactly how you do it, I'll be glad to review the 
process.




cheers, jerry
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