Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:09:40 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?C=E9sar_Amaya?= <csar@123.com.sv> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serving windows print drivers with Samba+CUPS (Was: CUPS +) Message-ID: <45A7DCF4.3050509@wmptl.com> In-Reply-To: <45A7CB28.7010107@123.com.sv> References: <45A7CB28.7010107@123.com.sv>
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César 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 > following: > > - 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. > > Any one knows how to fix this? > Thanks in advance!!! > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Firstly, I changed your subject to something a little more specific; you really should read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/ for details on getting better results from this mail list. A vague or generic subject such as your's frequently gets skipped and your chances of solving your problem lessen. That said, herein I contradict myself by trying to answer your initial problem, but I have some experience with what you are apparently trying to do and would like to help. Unfortunately, acting as a print server for windows clients isn't always cut-and-dry.. The key with Samba+CUPS, is to NOT use any filters or drivers on the CUPS end of things. This is very important, as it will change your output if you're also using the windows drivers. You must add your printers via CUPS as 'RAW' queues, no driver. The process is outlined very well in the Samba documentation, and that too I would strongly recommend you do some more reading up on, but in the interest of sparking the desire to do so, here's an outline of the basic process required: 1 - Setup CUPS, add printers using RAW queues, Setup Samba, tell it to use cups for printing 2 - Setup a shared location for printer drivers from Samba, the share can be pretty much anywhere on your local FreeBSD filesystem, and can use all the options of any other file-share, but must be shared from Samba with the name 'print$'. Something similar to this inside your smb.conf should suffice: [print$] comment = Windows Client Printer Drivers path = /var/db/windows_printers browseable = yes guest ok = yes read only = yes write list = root Administrator @"Domain Admins" @"Printer Admins" 3 - Login from a Windows client, to the Samba server using an administrator login (as specified in the write list for print$). Goto the 'Printers' section, NOT the direct queue mapping, for example: \\samba1\Printers NOT \\samba1\some_printer. When in the printers folder, right-click the printer you wish to add the drivers to, and you can add them from the windows properties dialog like you would any printer. This will upload the drivers to the samba [print$] share for other clients to use. 4 - From another samba client running windows, goto \\samba1\some_printer and it will prompt if you wish to 'Connect to printer', simply say yes - and that client should use the windows drivers directly from the samba [print$] share without further prompting. There are some issues, and it's not just as simple as 4 easy steps... but this is the general process to go through, with a little reading from the Samba website/documentation you should be able to get it going. Feel free to drop another message back to the list if you run into more questions from there. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/
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