Re: [Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers
On 9/22/2011 6:03 AM, Bruno CAPELETO wrote: Dear Greg, At last I saw your post : I confirm it still does not work and I am glad I am not the only one to say it! I recently reported a bug there : https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8438 No answer at all so far, as if printing support for 7 was not that important for samba... Coming from the linux world I am not really familiar with the solution you gave : would it be possible for you to write an extensive tutorial for non Windows users ? Bruno Just to add my 2 cents... I went through all kinds of trouble to get HP win7 64 bit drivers to work through samba. I found that they would load using this method... https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6888 ...but this forces you have a identically named 32 bit driver loaded. In this case the driver was called "Universal Print Driver" and this caused our 32 bit drivers to be replaced with the 32bit version of "Universal Print Driver" which was terrible. We had so many printing problems that I had to finally erase the printer tdb's and start over. We are now going to skip samba for printing and print directly to the printers. It's just not worth the trouble. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers
Hi, We have been able to get Xerox windows 7 64 bit drivers to work with samba. The printer models we are using are WC 7345, WCP C3545, WC 7435, WC7242, WC 7545, and WC 7665. Plus, various older models and some Phasers. The first group is the problem ones we've seen and took special steps. We use samba 3.4.9 on fc 12. The above printers work with xp, vista, and win7, 32 and 64 bits. We added the drivers using the Windows add printer wizard. There were some extra steps we took, however. 1. Add the Xerox printer in cups like normal. 2. On XP add the Xerox printer as a local printer. 3. Use apw to add the XP driver to the Xerox samba printer. 4. Use the Cisco print_fix program to copy the local registry settings for the Xerox printer to the remote Samba registry for the Xerox printer. 5. Set the samba printer properties in the usual way. 6. From a Win 7 64 bit platform add the Xerox 64 bit driver to the Xerox samba printer using APW. There is something different about the above group of Xerox printers and the registry entries they install. Samba does not seem to support these settings or operations, which is why the print_fix program is used and it is able to copy over the missing registry settings to samba. -Original Message- From: samba-boun...@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-boun...@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Greg Saunders Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:21 PM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers I would like to respond to my own question ... yes ... one year later :-) My answer to this problem is * don't use Samba * to solve this type of problem. Instead I created a ".dat" file (using printui.dll) for each printer I wanted to install, scripted the creation of an LPR port ( objWMIService.Get("Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort") and install print drivers using printui.dll. I'm running LPD on the cups server. Works like a charm. No hassles joining this server to the domain, no wonky error messages, 500 desktops up and running at login, it just works. I'm posting this here because I'm genuinely curious if there has been any large scale success with Samba, Win 7 and Xerox (or other) 64 bit print drivers. Greg On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Greg Saunders wrote: > Samba 3.4.7 > Ubuntu 10.04 > > Has anyone out there got Xerox 64 bit drivers working in a point and print > samba set up? And if so, which Xerox drivers? And which method of driver > installation? > > I'm at a complete loss. We currently have an environment with 500 + > desktops and a couple dozen Xerox workgroup docucolor MFPs that are running > fine now with XP clients and a Samba print server. We're moving to Win 7 64 > bit clients over the next couple of months and this is going to be a huge > stumbling block. > > Several months ago I posted a problem I was having installing 64 bit Xerox > drivers into a shared samba queue. 32 bit drivers seem to be fine but the 64 > bit are a world of pain. There didn't seem to be any resolution at that time > and hoping things may have changed in the last few months. > > I've had success with 64 bit HP drivers ... just not Xerox. > > When adding the 64 bit driver as an "additional driver" under the sharing > tab of the queue of the samba server, it complains, "The specified location > does not contain the driver for the requested processor > architecture." It clearly is a 64 version, it will install locally. > > As far as "cupsaddsmb" is concerned ... it just doesn't seem to work with > 64 bit ... unless I'm doing something wrong ... which is completely likely > :) > > If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be immensely appreciated. > > Thanking you all in advance. > Greg > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:03:31PM +0200, Bruno CAPELETO wrote: > Dear Greg, > > At last I saw your post : I confirm it still does not work and I am glad I am > not the only one to say it! > I recently reported a bug there : > https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8438 > No answer at all so far, as if printing support for 7 was not that important > for samba... People are interested, it's just that lots of people are at the SNIA SDC this week. Next week is the AD plugfest up at Microsoft. Try again to get some interest the week after. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers
Dear Greg, At last I saw your post : I confirm it still does not work and I am glad I am not the only one to say it! I recently reported a bug there : https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8438 No answer at all so far, as if printing support for 7 was not that important for samba... Coming from the linux world I am not really familiar with the solution you gave : would it be possible for you to write an extensive tutorial for non Windows users ? Bruno Re: [Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers Sujet : Re: [Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers De : Greg Saunders Date : Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:21:29 -0600 Pour : samba@lists.samba.org I would like to respond to my own question ... yes ... one year later :-) My answer to this problem is * don't use Samba * to solve this type of problem. Instead I created a ".dat" file (using printui.dll) for each printer I wanted to install, scripted the creation of an LPR port ( objWMIService.Get("Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort") and install print drivers using printui.dll. I'm running LPD on the cups server. Works like a charm. No hassles joining this server to the domain, no wonky error messages, 500 desktops up and running at login, it just works. I'm posting this here because I'm genuinely curious if there has been any large scale success with Samba, Win 7 and Xerox (or other) 64 bit print drivers. Greg > Samba 3.4.7 > Ubuntu 10.04 > > Has anyone out there got Xerox 64 bit drivers working in a point and print > samba set up? And if so, which Xerox drivers? And which method of driver > installation? > > I'm at a complete loss. We currently have an environment with 500 + > desktops and a couple dozen Xerox workgroup docucolor MFPs that are running > fine now with XP clients and a Samba print server. We're moving to Win 7 64 > bit clients over the next couple of months and this is going to be a huge > stumbling block. > > Several months ago I posted a problem I was having installing 64 bit Xerox > drivers into a shared samba queue. 32 bit drivers seem to be fine but the 64 > bit are a world of pain. There didn't seem to be any resolution at that time > and hoping things may have changed in the last few months. > > I've had success with 64 bit HP drivers ... just not Xerox. > > When adding the 64 bit driver as an "additional driver" under the sharing > tab of the queue of the samba server, it complains, "The specified location > does not contain the driver for the requested processor > architecture." It clearly is a 64 version, it will install locally. > > As far as "cupsaddsmb" is concerned ... it just doesn't seem to work with > 64 bit ... unless I'm doing something wrong ... which is completely likely > :) > > If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be immensely appreciated. > > Thanking you all in advance. > Greg > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers
I would like to respond to my own question ... yes ... one year later :-) My answer to this problem is * don't use Samba * to solve this type of problem. Instead I created a ".dat" file (using printui.dll) for each printer I wanted to install, scripted the creation of an LPR port ( objWMIService.Get("Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort") and install print drivers using printui.dll. I'm running LPD on the cups server. Works like a charm. No hassles joining this server to the domain, no wonky error messages, 500 desktops up and running at login, it just works. I'm posting this here because I'm genuinely curious if there has been any large scale success with Samba, Win 7 and Xerox (or other) 64 bit print drivers. Greg On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Greg Saunders wrote: > Samba 3.4.7 > Ubuntu 10.04 > > Has anyone out there got Xerox 64 bit drivers working in a point and print > samba set up? And if so, which Xerox drivers? And which method of driver > installation? > > I'm at a complete loss. We currently have an environment with 500 + > desktops and a couple dozen Xerox workgroup docucolor MFPs that are running > fine now with XP clients and a Samba print server. We're moving to Win 7 64 > bit clients over the next couple of months and this is going to be a huge > stumbling block. > > Several months ago I posted a problem I was having installing 64 bit Xerox > drivers into a shared samba queue. 32 bit drivers seem to be fine but the 64 > bit are a world of pain. There didn't seem to be any resolution at that time > and hoping things may have changed in the last few months. > > I've had success with 64 bit HP drivers ... just not Xerox. > > When adding the 64 bit driver as an "additional driver" under the sharing > tab of the queue of the samba server, it complains, "The specified location > does not contain the driver for the requested processor > architecture." It clearly is a 64 version, it will install locally. > > As far as "cupsaddsmb" is concerned ... it just doesn't seem to work with > 64 bit ... unless I'm doing something wrong ... which is completely likely > :) > > If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be immensely appreciated. > > Thanking you all in advance. > Greg > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers
Samba 3.4.7 Ubuntu 10.04 Has anyone out there got Xerox 64 bit drivers working in a point and print samba set up? And if so, which Xerox drivers? And which method of driver installation? I'm at a complete loss. We currently have an environment with 500 + desktops and a couple dozen Xerox workgroup docucolor MFPs that are running fine now with XP clients and a Samba print server. We're moving to Win 7 64 bit clients over the next couple of months and this is going to be a huge stumbling block. Several months ago I posted a problem I was having installing 64 bit Xerox drivers into a shared samba queue. 32 bit drivers seem to be fine but the 64 bit are a world of pain. There didn't seem to be any resolution at that time and hoping things may have changed in the last few months. I've had success with 64 bit HP drivers ... just not Xerox. When adding the 64 bit driver as an "additional driver" under the sharing tab of the queue of the samba server, it complains, "The specified location does not contain the driver for the requested processor architecture." It clearly is a 64 version, it will install locally. As far as "cupsaddsmb" is concerned ... it just doesn't seem to work with 64 bit ... unless I'm doing something wrong ... which is completely likely :) If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be immensely appreciated. Thanking you all in advance. Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] windows 7 64 bit xerox print drivers
Samba 3.4.7 Ubuntu 10.04 Has anyone out there got Xerox 64 bit drivers working in a point and print samba set up? And if so, which Xerox drivers? And which method of driver installation? I'm at a complete loss. We currently have an environment with 500 + desktops and a couple dozen Xerox workgroup docucolor MFPs that are running fine now with XP clients and a Samba print server. We're moving to Win 7 64 bit clients over the next couple of months and this is going to be a huge stumbling block. Several months ago I posted a problem I was having installing 64 bit Xerox drivers into a shared samba queue. 32 bit drivers seem to be fine but the 64 bit are a world of pain. There didn't seem to be any resolution at that time and hoping things may have changed in the last few months. I've had success with 64 bit HP drivers ... just not Xerox. When adding the 64 bit driver as an "additional driver" under the sharing tab of the queue of the samba server, it complains, "The specified location does not contain the driver for the requested processor architecture." It clearly is a 64 version, it will install locally. As far as "cupsaddsmb" is concerned ... it just doesn't seem to work with 64 bit ... unless I'm doing something wrong ... which is completely likely :) If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be immensely appreciated. Thanking you all in advance. Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba