Thanks Dale. I'll give it a try. This isn't the first time I've done this. I had no problems setting up my workstation at work to be a printer server for an HP9000, or HP5050. I just installed the printer via cups. I enabled printer sharing in CUPS, it showed up in the shares listed, so I installed it on my XP workstation and it worked, easy-peasy, plane and easy.
I kind of thought that wasn't the correct location for printer drivers. Also, I'm not sure how I ended up with a SWAT-made smb.conf. Must have been drinking... On 2/27/07, Dale Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Forrest, First you will need a [print$] share (which is where the drivers reside) as described here: http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/classicalprinting.html#id358044 /var/spool/samba is for the print jobs, not the drivers. Move "printing = cups" to global. Add to global "printcap name = cups". There are other options that you may want to set like "load printers" or "use client driver" For installation, perhaps this is what you need: http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/classicalprinting.html#inst-rpc It is quite involved. I hope I never have to use it. All our printers have Windows inf files for the "add printer wizard", or ppd files for CUPS. If this doesn't work, consider foomatic/HPLIP packages. Your printer is supported here: http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/inkjet_aio.html Setting up printing through Samba can be quite daunting/frustrating the 1st time. Dale Forrest D wrote: > I'm trying to share my HP 5610 on my Samba (3.0.24-1 fc6 x86_64) > machine and > am running into a typical HP related SANFU. The XP drivers supplied only > install through the installation program. (ie. I can't use device > manager > to point XP to the driver and install it) So I installed the printer > on my > XP machine, used the installation program to install the drivers and then > shared the printer out and copied the folders and files in the print$ > share > to my samba machine /var/spool/samba/ (rwxrwxrwt) . I then restarted > samba > and when I connect to the printer on my XP machine it still asks me > for the > driver. I read somewhere that you have to force samba to recognize > drivers > installed this way and think this is what I have to do, but I can't > figure > out how to do it. Any help would be most appreciated. > > Here is my smb.conf > > [global] > workgroup = MOYA > realm = MOYA.FARSCAPE.LOCAL > server string = > security = ADS > username map = /etc/samba/smbusers > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > max log size = 50 > preferred master = No > local master = No > domain master = No > dns proxy = No > wins server = ######### > ldap ssl = no > cups options = raw > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > read only = No > browseable = yes > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > printable = Yes > browseable = no > printing = cups > public = yes > > > TIA, > -Forrest
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