On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:39:39 +1100 Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BM> Hello, BM> I sent this request to my local linux user group: BM> <http://lists.luv.asn.au/wws/arc/luv-talk/2008-02/msg00000.html> BM> Unfortunately it looks like nobody is able to answer, so I will try BM> here: BM> Does anybody know of any sane solution for (globally) managing the BM> configuration of printers on a large number of Windows computers? BM> My current solution is BM> 1. create samba server with printer shares BM> 2. install windows printer drivers to samba server to allow automatic BM> installation BM> 3. on windows computer, drivers have to be installed from the samba server, BM> * installation of drivers as non-administrator won't work BM> * log in as administrator, install printer, which tries to install driver. BM> * first time, windows complains that the server doesn't have the drivers. BM> * retry, it works perfectly on second try. BM> * log as administrator, log it as user, printer doesn't exit. BM> * install printer again as user, this time it uses the existing drivers. BM> 4. if any changes required, e.g. printer is replaced, repeat then on BM> every computer for every user. BM> This is insane. Ok, so maybe I should be able to fix the problem with BM> the driver installation not working the first time (any ideas?), but BM> this is only a small step in the entire process. BM> cups makes this so much easier :-(. BM> Any ideas? BM> Thanks. BM> -- BM> Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -If your computers and the samba printserv are domain members of the same domain, even ordinary users can install drivers from the samba server. (This is default) -You can allow installation from others domain (some tweaks on clients) -You can run start scripts on every clients to install drivers (and many others things). Put your clients on a domain (why not a samba one) use wpkg www.wpkg.org . it's a great help in managing clients! cups is the most troublesome part of our print system, not samba, not windows :-( Regards! -- Jean-Jacques Moulis Tel: (013) 281684 ISY Fax: (013) 139282 Linköping University E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 581 83 Linköping -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba