I have a similar issue with Ubuntu 12.04 based system , not sure of Samba version but it keeps changing default paper to Postscript custom which seems almost square. I change it in windows and apply and it always reverts to postscript custom again
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Alessandro Dentella <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > some weeks ago I wrote to this list about a problem I have saving print > properties (samba 3.4.7 - ubuntu-lucid + XP-pro) > > I never managed to solve it, I also tried with samba 3.6+ (Ubuntu precise) > but had aother problems I wrote about in this list ending opening a bug > [1]. > > Now I had to go back to my 3.4.7 installation. I'd like at least to bettere > understand how print properties work so that I can cope better with the > situation. > > In my setup the drivers are distributed by the server, client do realize > they need the driver and server correctly serves them, the problem is that > the page format is alwayes set to 'letter' rather than 'A4'. I have roaming > profiles. > > I really need to fix this even thought some workaround. > > Can someone tell me which are the components that store the print > properties? If this is already explained somewhere, please give me the URL, > I wasn't able to find it. > > 1. If I browse \\server\(server and fax) and I configure properties, where > are the changes saved? > > 2. When an end user configures the printer where does ther properties should > go (I have roaming profiles)? In the profile? in a registry? > > 3. If the domain/local Administrator changes the properties in the printer > on the client via settings | printers how does that change relate to > settings in 1 and 2? > > 4. In a working setup, is there a way to force the paper format *after* a > user has already logged in and changed the properties? > > > thanks in advance for any explanation > thanks > > sandro > *:-) > > > > [1] https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9468 > > -- > Sandro Dentella *:-) > http://www.reteisi.org Soluzioni libere per le scuole > http://sqlkit.argolinux.org SQLkit home page - PyGTK/python/sqlalchemy > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
