Ben Brown wrote on Samba-Digest:
Message: 5
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 12:27:22 -0500
From: Ben Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Samba] Printer Driver Download Problem - PPD's Not DL'ing
Hey All, just a quick question about printer upload/download stuff
that's been confusing the hell out of me for a couple days...
This might be a Samba, or a CUPS problem, so i've posted this on both
newsgroups, but if anyone's had a similar problem I'd really appreciate
any help!
I'm running Samba 2.2.7 and CUPS 1.1.17 on a RedHat 7.3 System.. I'm
trying to get the automatic printer driver downloads working by using
the CUPS 'cupsaddsmb' script which uses smbclient and rpcclient calls to
upload the drivers and set the drivers for the printer.
cupsaddsmb appears to function correctly, but when trying to download
the drivers on a Win9x machine, not all of the driver files download.
the rpccommand:
rpcclient localhost -N -U'root%j0inm3' -c 'adddriver "Windows 4.0"
"test1:ADOBEPS4.DRV:test1.PPD:NULL:ADOBEPS4.HLP:PSMON.DLL:RAW:ADOBEPS4.DRV:test1.PPD,ADOBEPS4.HLP,PSMON.DLL,ADFONTS.MFM,DEFPRTR2.PPD,ICONLIB.DLL"'
This looks like it is transfering too many items (1 too much, the ADOBEPS4.HLP
is transfered twice) through the adddriver command.
See "man rpcclient", section adddriver, where it should only be
Long Printer Name:\
Driver File Name:\
Data File Name:\
Config File Name:\
Help File Name:\
Language Monitor Name:\
Default Data Type:\
Comma Separated list of Files
It works for me flawlessly, but then -- I have only the option to test
on W32X86 architecture...
Looking at your quote above from the verbose output of "cupsaddsmb", it
looks like this is doing wrong:
"test1: # Long Printer Name
ADOBEPS4.DRV: # Driver File Name
test1.PPD: # Data File Name
NULL: # Config File Name
ADOBEPS4.HLP: # Help File Mame
PSMON.DLL: # Language Monitor Name
RAW: # Default Data Type
ADOBEPS4.DRV: # hmmm.... -- here the same name (it is the
# "Driver File Name") appears a socond time!
test1.PPD, # Comma Separated List of Files
ADOBEPS4.HLP,
PSMON.DLL,
ADFONTS.MFM,
DEFPRTR2.PPD,
ICONLIB.DLL"
I'd have a look on the release notes for CUPS 1.1.18 at
http://www.cups.org/relnotes.php
to see if this has been corrected.
finishes correctly, setting the driver files from the print$ share..
BUT..
when using a win9x machine to install the printer only the
'ADOBEPS4.DRV' file gets downloaded.. This isnt a problem if a
PostScript printer has been previously installed on the system, other
than that the PPD file for the printer 'test1' isnt available. And
without the correct PPD, the printer's functionality is limited.
So, the problem lies in the rpc command? or the file download? I've
been stareing at CUPS and Samba FAQ's, newsgroups, source code, and
debug logs and havent been able to clearify what the problem is..
If anyone's got driver dl's working with cupsaddsmb, i'd love to hear
from you!
TIA
--------------------
Ben Brown
Systems Analyst
University of Guelph
Where is Guelph?
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