you gotta chuckle at this, i was reseaching this problem further and found this appendix to the book "Implementing CIFS"
http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/Appendix-A.html On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:36:37 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cups1.1.19 > samba 2.2.8 > hp psc-2210 printer > > I followed these instructions: > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/IX.CUPS-Samba/IX.Samba-HOWTO-Collection-Chapter-7.html > > On win2k (via vmware) I can browse to //sf/hp (the printer), right click > on the hp icon and click "connect" - bang, printer going (at least I > assume it is using the ppd, it prints anyway!) > > However on win98 (separate box, son's machine) I browse to //sf/hp, > right click hp, click install and it asks me to choose a driver, instead > of knowing to get one off the server. > > Does anyone know a fix for this behaviour? for obscure reasons relating > to brain dead installers you can't just install the hp's printer driver > onto win98, it expects the printer to be atttached on the usb port > (which it ain't, cos it's attached to the server's usb port). > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
