I have used an XP Pro machine to add the other drivers, which seems to work just fine. -Chris
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 19:17, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > Here is a problem I posted to HP's forum on the DesignJet drivers for the > 755cm, but something tells me someone clever here has already hacked > around this or a similar printer and might know how to solve my problem: > > --- > When installing drivers on a remote Samba server (ie. Windows NT > emulation, and perhaps real NT as well), you are able to install printer > drivers for a printer for various architectures. The requirement, however, > is that the model string for each driver be the same. However, HP has "HP > DesignJet 755CM (3198B)" for the Windows 9x driver, and "HP DesignJet > 755CM(3198B)by HP" for the Windows 2000 model string. I hacked the > OEMSETUP.INF to make the Win2k model string identical to the '9x model > string, but apparently this broke the paper sources in your driver. I > removed the driver, restored the stock Win2k model string (with the "by > HP") and the driver started working again. > > The problem, then, that remains unresolved is that HP has improperly > labeled one of their drivers. To work properly in an NT environment, one > needs to be changed and re-released. > --- > > Anyone have a workaround -- I'm not holding my breath for a driver > re-write. > > ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
