[Samba] 2 issues using SAMBA as a print server

[Paul Eggleton]

Rob Tanner wrote on Thursday, 24 July 2003 6:24 a.m.:
> 1. When attempting to connect to the printer from a Windows box in
> the domain (the SAMBA server is simply a server that's a member of
> the domain, it is not the PDC) I get the message that the server does
> not have the appropriate driver and then it pops up a setup wizard. 
> Since some several hundred machines may end up using any one of 10
> different printers, what do I need to do in SAMBA to prevent this?   

You can upload drivers to the server using the Add Printer wizard, so
that clients will be able to download them. See the Samba HOWTO
collection chapter 18 (search the document for "printer drivers"):

http://samba.org/~jht/NT4migration/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

Cheers,
Paul