Geoffrey Scott wrote: > Hi all. > > I was wondering if anyone had a successful exampel of using the "add > printer command" with cups so that the windows print migrator could be > utilised. Seeing as Jerry as spent time on this it would be a shame not to > know how to use it. ;-) > > I'm guessing that it would be along the lines of: > add printer command = lpadmin option1 option2 && cupsaddsmb option1
The main thing that I found when migrating printers is to make sure that your add printer script can handles spaces in names. There's also a little bit of a data model problem in that Windows creates subkeys in the registry based on printer name and Samba uses the share name. The best solution is a little prep work that renames the printer names to the share name and then you can reset the printer name after migration. Drivers and printer settings migrate without any difficulty. cheers, jerry ===================================================================== Um, I really do appreciate the background info and pointers. but i was hoping you might be kind enough to post your add printer script so that i can get up and running quickly..... Please.... please, please, please... It seems obvious that you have acheived this in testing. i googled for exampels of the add printer command but could find none..... Or is this an exercise for the reader? ;-) Cheers Geoff -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
