Hi, Sorry for making more noise to the list again. I have received an official update from CUPS. I hope this is helpful for those who are interested.
Regards, Norman > Your software trouble report #137 has been updated. You can check > the status of the report and add additional comments and/or files > at the following URL: > > http://www.cups.org/str.php?L137 > > Summary: cupsaddsmb unable to add 'ppd' > Version: 1.1.19 > Status: 2 - Closed w/o Resolution > Priority: 4 - High, e.g. unable to print to a printer or key > functionality not working > Scope: 2 - Specific to an operating system > Subsystem: Windows Driver > Fix Version: Not Applicable > > Win9x driver download has a limitation of 8 character printer names. For > printers whose name is 8 chars or less, the driver download *does* work > with the Adobe drivers. > > We have no plan of working around this limit and will likely drop Win9x > driver support in a future CUPS release. Norman Zhang wrote: > I didn't add any other printer driver from W2K CD or from any 3rd party > vendor. I first created pdfprinter.ppd by > > lpadmin -p pdfprinter -E -v pdf:/var/tmp -m adist5.pdf > > then exported pdfprinter.ppd so Windows clients can download > > cupsaddsmb -v pdfprinter > > Now NT/2000 can download the drivers no problem. But 9x/ME complains that > they can't find pdfprinter.PPD. I think there's some subtle bugs in > linking the drivers for download, but I don't know where. ... > I found a workaround to the problem, for 9x/ME clients I use the Adobe > PostScript Installer to add my network printer rather than just click Add > Printer in Windows. Adobe PostScript Installer won't prompt me file not > found. I hope this is helpful to anyone who might experience this problem. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
