This was the answer to a question posed on the Samba list almost a year
ago. The following regarding Windows 98 printer names seemed to get
lost:
In windows 98, printer name:
> 13 characters: printer offline
<= 13 but > 8: ppd doesn't download, can print with adobe dr
Hello all,
I am running Samba 3.0.1 and CUPS 1.1.19 on a production print server
and have a problem with a commercial java application. This particular
app crashes immediately on a Windows client when opening the print
dialog if the default printer on that Windows client is a remote printer
on a
We have a linux/samba/netatalk print server as our organization's
primary print server with roughly 120 printers currently installed and
about 100 more to go. I followed the CUPS documentation to the letter,
as you did, and had unending trouble with bad output from windows
clients. I tried dozens
Hello all,
We have a Samba box set up as our primary campus print server, running
CUPS 1.1.19 and Samba 3.3.0. Our primary interface for adding printers
is the Add Printer Wizard. I am finding very slow response while
adding/modifying/deleting printers.
Making changes to any of the settings for
I'm having some problems with our Samba Add-Printer-Wizard setup and
CUPS. Everything is working fine (drivers upload, download, configured)
except for one thing. Both my addprinter and deleteprinter scripts are
forced to restart Samba in order to successfully complete their
respective adding and
