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]>
