[H-GEN] Samba & Printers

[Everist, Geoff]

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Couple of suggestions that are working very well for us at the moment....

1. Get the lastest version of Samba (we are currently using 2.2.3a). There 
have been many improvements in printer handling and compatility with Win2K 
boxen.
2. At the risk of starting a printing holy war, get CUPS. It integrates 
nicely with Samba at the moment, is a breeze to set up, and has some very 
nice web based admin tools.

HTH,

Regards
Geoff Everist





"Christian \"Vic\" Bullow" <vicomte at bigpond.com>
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07/03/2002 09:27
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[snip]

Once again I am tackling an issue I have had for a while, as a diversion
from the real work I should be doing. I can't seem to get it working at
all, and yet I used to have it work about a year or so ago. I don't know
whats changed in the interim, but I have a network of windows box's with
my linux box as the gateway and print server and pretty much everything
I want. 

Sorry, with what I do Windows OS's seem to be a necessary evil.

Anyway, without actually knowing where to go forward from where I am, I
will explain whats going on. 

[snip]

The printer is recognised on boot by the kernel, I can print locally
from the server to the printer but can't be printed from over the
network. The printer is shared and can be seen from over the network.
Drivers are installed locally, but Win2k can't activate a connection to
the printer.

Idea's would be appreciated. Assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Regards


Christian

[snip]




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