-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> 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. Same thing here. This is a design limitation in the printing system. there is a single namespace for drivers across all architectures. :-( cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc "You can never go home again, Oatman, but I guess you can shop there." --John Cusack - "Grosse Point Blank" (1997) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQE/OLO2IR7qMdg1EfYRAjU2AJ9XFJYXJeWtIJ2yvMM/YQTeafnv1QCfaQ08 NxeEfjkUnYquCeKuos6J4cc= =ixiZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
