[Samba] Problem installing a particular printer WinXP/Samba2. 2.7a

[Van Sickler, Jim]

Has the driver for this printer been installed on
the samba server?  If it has, it may have to be
reinstalled.

If the 4550 can't be installed on the server,
you can create a printer share for
[picasso] and use:
	use client driver = yes
	path = /var/spool/public
	create mode = 0700
	printable = yes
	public = yes
	browseable = yes

Then the Win2k/XP clients will install the driver
locally, instead of using the driver from the
server.

I'd remove all instances of the driver on your
systems (and the server) prior to changing
the setting.  I've had problems removing
them afterwards.

A thought:
writeable=yes is for file shares, and not needed for
print shares, AFAIK.  In fact, having writeable=yes
in one of my printer shares would cause lpd to open
multiple conn's to that printer waiting for status.
Once enough conn's opened up, lpd stopped working
for all printers...deleting the writeable=yes
entry fixed that "feature".

I don't think it's causing your problem, but it's
something to watch out for.

Don't forget to run testparm after the mods/restart, to see
if there's anything else amiss.

Jim

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> Hello,
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> I'm having a problem installing a printer on a Window XP box 
> (the problem
> also occurs in Win2000 SP2) with Samba 2.2.7a. The symptoms are:
> 
> Add a printer -> network -> type in \\pcprint\picasso 
> 
> You get a message that there is no driver for this printer on 
> the server
> and to either click OK to continue or Cancel.
> 
> Go to printer driver selection (I've disabled spoolss as I 
> don't understand
> how to allow ordinary users to view the queue and delete 
> their own jobs)
> and select the driver which is a HP -> Color LaserJet 4550 
> PS. The add printer 
> wizard will then hang, though the printer icon appears in the 
> printers window.
> 
> At this point there are two exit methods:
> 
> 1) delete the printer icon in the printers window and then 
> the wizard will
> complete.
> 
> 2) Use the task manager to kill the wizard. 
> 
> With 1), you don't have the printer installed, and with 2) 
> the installed
> printer doesn't work. The driver files are never copied.
> 
> The bit that's relevant to samba is that while the wizard 
> appears hung,
> the client is sending the same request over and over to the 
> samba server.
> A segment of the level 10 log is attached as is the smb.conf file.
> 
> All other printers can be added OK using this method, it's 
> just one particular
> printer.
>  
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
> 
> Tom.
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