Hi, I was playing with this ealier in the year, so this is "from memory". I was only interested in this for XP but found out this:
These different versions of Windows look in different directories for the drivers to download. //sf/print$/3 for Win NT4, XP ... //sf/print$/2 for Win 3, 95 98 ... If you can get the drivers, I used generic PS from Adobe, you can add these with a "rpcclient adddriver ... " on your linux box. Hope this is of some help, Dave Dave van Leeuwen Analyst Programmer University of Canterbury New Zealand On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Nick Rout wrote: > you obviously didn't read my post! (or i wasn't clear enough). the > drivers are supposed to download automatically from the server to the > win client. installing the vendor provided windows drivers on the client > does not work, because the brain dead windows installer only works if > the printer is plugged in, ie the printer is not designed to work over > the net with the windows drivers. > > hence trying to set up the scheme in the url i pointed to, which results > in the adobe generic postscript windows driver along with the hpijs ppd > file being used, on demand, from the server. It would be bloody neat, if > it would work in win98 as it did for w2k. > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:13:21 +1200 > "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If the printer is connected to a linux box, setup and working and shared you > > simply install the Windows driver on the Windows box and point it to the > > "port" (//sf/hp) > > > > Robert > > > > What if there were no hypothetical questions? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, 14 August 2003 2:37 p.m. > > To: CLUG; NZLUG > > Subject: samba/cups - automatic downloading of printer driver to win > > client > > > > cups1.1.19 > > samba 2.2.8 > > hp psc-2210 printer > > > > I followed these instructions: > > > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/IX.CUPS-Sam > > ba/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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
