Hi,
I have set up my samba server as a print only server. Nothing specific
is wrong. The print server is working but I have a couple of questions
about using APW to install printer drivers and Windows 7.
Linux server: Centos 6
Samba version: 3.6.3 - Default install (./configure; make && make install)
I did the usual,
net use \\myprinter\print$ /user:root
Browse to \\myprinter. In my case a Windows 7 (32-bit) client shows 41
print queues. I then click on "View remote printers" which takes me to
the place where I can actually install the drivers for each queue. Now,
I don't see 41 queues. If I refresh the page I see 31 queues. On other
Win7 clients I see more or less queues. My "temp" solution is to
shutdown the samba server, remove the cache (rm -rf
/usr/local/samba/var/locks), restart samba and all is well - for a while
at least. It's clearly not a solution, but it does work. Can anyone
tell me how this list is generated?
Also, once you've installed a printer driver via APW (i.e. right click
print queue/Properties/Advanced/ New Driver), the name of your print
queue gets changed to the name of the driver after successful
installation. I had the same problem on my old samba 3.0.33 samba
server, so I know you can just refresh your window and then get
Properties on the newly named queue and simply rename it. What I
haven't figured out (but have managed to work around) is that when you
install the driver via APW, it presents a list of Manufacturers and
Printer Models. If I do the above from a Win7 (32-bit) client
everything works as you would expect. If however I do the above from a
Win7 (64-bit) client I do not get presented with the
Manufacturers/Models window. Instead the "drivers" windows says "No
drivers found for your device". Does this have something to so with how
the Windows Active Directory views \\myprinter as either a 32-bit or
64-bit server when I joined it to the domain?
smb.conf for reference
[global]
server string = CMS Print Server
netbios name = MYPRINTER
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
log level = 5
security = ads
realm = MYDOM.COM
workgroup = MYDOM
domain master = no
name resolve order = host
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
winbind enum users = yes
winbind enum groups = yes
idmap config * : range = 1000000-1999999
cups options = raw
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
[print$]
comment = Printer Driver Download Area
path = /usr/local/samba/drivers
browseable = no
guest ok = no
read only = yes
write list = root
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
Cheers,
Mike Vallabh
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