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]>
