Dear all,
This is the tested config :
- debian squeeze 32bits (samba 3.5.6 / cups 1.4.4)
- 1 PC Win7Pro 32bits
- 1 PC Win7Pro 64bits
- 1 PC WinXP Pro 32bits
- 1 network printer with ps drivers (32bits and 64bits, same driver
whether XP or 7)
Setting up a network printer from the Windows 7 Pro clients with user
root does not work :
- first error when selecting the 64bits driver from the Win7Pro 64bits :
"this driver is not compatible ..." - this error does not occur when
using a direct connection to the IP of the printer
- second error with the same configuration when adding the drivers via
"add driver for other systems", here is the relevant part of the log file :
[2011/08/19 13:57:03.211533, 1] smbd/service.c:1070(make_connection_snum)
portable-fabric (192.168.0.2) connect to service print$ initially as user root
(uid=0, gid=0) (pid 1702)
[2011/08/19 13:57:04.086648, 0]
rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:7352(_spoolss_AddPrinterDriver)
_spoolss_AddPrinterDriverEx: *level 8 not yet implemented*
[2011/08/19 13:57:14.735441, 1] smbd/service.c:1251(close_cnum)
portable-fabric (192.168.0.2) closed connection to service print$
I found the same error in the following link :
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7064
Same logfile with the Win7Pro 32 bits when trying to install the 32 bits
drivers.
However, everything went like a charm when installing the same 32 bits
driver from the WinXPPro 32bits.
After that, I could connect from the Win7Pro 32bits and get the driver
from samba - and it printed fine.
I could even - after all this - install the 64bits driver from the
Win7Pro 64bits - and again it printed fine.
My conclusion so far : to install a printer and distribute the drivers
to Win7Pro workstations, one must first install one driver from a WinXP
machine.
Please tell me where to report this finding (I'm not sure this mailing
list is the most appropriate) and if anybody could help me to solve this
issue.
I would like to be able to install and deinstall Win7Pro drivers
directly from Win7Pro clients.
So far I could install the driver via the use of a WinXP machine first
(which is anyway not ideal). However I could not deinstall the driver
(this may be a full other story) ; for example I would like to test the
PCL driver instead of the PostScript driver, but I can not remove the ps
driver, even when I delete and install my printer as a "new" printer in
cups.
Thanks for any support.
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