Hi, I am trying to set up a Win98 PC to print to a server running Samba 2.2.3a. The server has print drivers installed via cupsaddsmb, which is just a wrapper around the rpcclient addprinter/adddriver/setdriver functions. Calls to rpcclient's geprinter and getdriver functions return valid data.
When I go to install the printer on the Windows 98 client, however, things start out OK but soon go sour. I'll double-click on the printer icon in Explorer (Navigate to \\ralph, double-click on isdept). Windows pops up the add printer box, correctly does not ask me for a driver. I click Finish and it appears to start copying. But then it pops up a box: The file '(lots of garbled text here)' on Network printer driver files cannot be found. Setup had trouble copying a file. Clock OK to try copying the file again. If this message reappears, quit Setup and then try running Setup again. Copy files from: \\RALPH\PRINT$\WIN40\0 Now, this "lots of garbled text" does not represent a filename at all. It looks something like: |S/+fu|+9|||L8 +p8 ++e +8||||1|| Clicking OK just brings the message back. Clicking Skip File brings up a message saying: This printer cannot be installed now because its driver (isdept.PPD) could not be loaded. The driver or the INF file may be damaged. Restart Windows, and then try again. I have restarted Windows and tried again -- no go. The file isdept.PPD does exist in /etc/samba/drivers/WIN40/0 (where PRINT$ maps do), and I can mount \\RALPH\PRINT$ on this client machine and access the file manually from there. Any ideas? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba