[Samba] Re: automatic client side update of printer drivers?

[Christoph Peus]

Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:

> | "normal NT printing model" means "use the add printer wizard
> | to install  the driver on the server"? It would be very
> | surprising if this really makes a difference for automatic
> | driver updates on the client -
> 
> Don't ever be surprised what a Windows client does when
> you ask it to follow a path not necessarily tested
> by Redmond.

Ok ;-)
But there's one problem left with the "add printer wizard" method of 
uploading drivers to the server: when you want to use the cups 
postscript driver - as recommended several times in the howto collection 
- you will have no luck, because this driver comes without the required 
.inf file. This looks like a real problem to me, because it's exactly 
this "postscript only" setup of samba/cups with server based PostScript 
RIP for non-PS printers, which is by far the most cool setup you can 
choose. Hmmm...
(The Adobe PS driver would be an alternative, but it has some other 
disadvantages, which is pointed out in the howto collection too.)

Christoph