Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:54:12 -0500 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: =?iso-8859-1?q?C=E9sar_Amaya?= <csar@123.com.sv> Subject: Re: CUPS + Message-ID: <200701121454.12652.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <45A7CB28.7010107@123.com.sv> References: <45A7CB28.7010107@123.com.sv>
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On Friday 12 January 2007 12:53, C=E9sar Amaya wrote: > Hi list, have you ever installed cups + samba for a print server? That > is what I am trying to do, the print server box set up is as the followin= g: > > - FreeBSD 6.1 release > - cups-1.2 > - samba 3 > - hpijs-2.1.4 > - foomatic-db-20061214 > - cups-samba-5.0.r3 > > I have installed and tested the printer properly via web interface of > cups. The problem comes when I try to push the Windows printer drivers > with cups, I get a error message > > # cupsaddsmb -H localhost -U root -h localhost -a -v > Password for root required to access localhost via SAMBA: > No Windows printer drivers are installed! > No Windows printer drivers are installed! > No Windows printer drivers are installed! > ... > I have already download the respective drivers. I don't have any experience pushing Windows printer drivers out through Sam= ba,=20 but I do know that cups clients (Windows or otherwise) don't need=20 printer-specific drivers. They should just use a PS driver (the one you can= =20 download from Adobe or one of the ones that ships with Windows) with the=20 appropriate ppd. JN
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