[Samba] Print server not loading drivers

[Luke Barone]

And now it's working today! I tried on a different computer, so it may have
just been the initial one I was trying on?

Frigg, I hate when this happens...

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 10:59 AM Luke Barone <lukebarone at gmail.com> wrote:

> From previous notes, I am using the Client Side Rendering print drivers,
> which are PCL-based. These are working at another site with a lower Samba
> version.
>
> My issue is that NONE of the drivers are uploading from Windows, even the
> built in "Generic Text Only" driver built into Windows.
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 10:41 AM Marco Gaiarin via samba <
> samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
>> Mandi! Luke Barone via samba
>>   In chel di` si favelave...
>>
>> > I load up the FQDN of the server, add the driver (a Type 3 x64 Windows
>> 10
>> > driver, matching my machine), all good. When I go to Properties of the
>> > Printer, I choose No, go to Advanced, choose the driver, and hit OK.
>> > Normally, it'd install the driver and I could start configuring it.
>> What's
>> > happening now is I get a message "The 'KONICA MINOLTA 368SeriesPCL SP'
>> > printer driver is nto installed on this computer. Some printer
>> properties
>> > will not be accessible unless you install the printer driver. Do you
>> want
>> > to install the driver now?". If I choose No, I don't get to configure
>> much
>> > on the printer - the name and a few other things. If I click Yes, I go
>> > through the Add Driver wizard, selecting the same driver, installing it,
>> > then I get the same basic printer properties dialog as if I said No.
>>
>> Afer fighting for years on Konica Minolra drivers, i've simply givenup.
>>
>> Now i've setup some recipe with WPKG that pre-install drivers on local
>> machine; WPKG is a configuration and management system, a sort of ansible
>> for windows.
>>
>>
>> Speaking generally, now i can setup a little horror museum:
>>
>> 1) driver that does not work, apart if you unpack some .CAB inside the
>>  driver package
>>
>> 2) driver that load, but enable some 'lockdown' (some brother driver load,
>>  but lock down number of copies and color print)
>>
>> 3) driver that does not load directly, but load if you RPCCLIENT-it from a
>>  windows box.
>>
>>
>> If i've understand well, some drivers simply expect that ''other''
>> software
>> is installed server or client side, and so implicitly suppose a windows
>> server.
>>
>>
>> Sometimes it suffices to change driver type; have you tried postscript?!
>>
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