Re: SMB server with CentOS 4

[feizhou at graffiti.net (Feizhou)]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 12:59, Feizhou wrote:
> 
> 
>>>No, I meant on a Windows client.  You can use a Windows client to
>>>install Windows drivers to a Samba print server that's operating in
>>>raw mode.  Then you can configure the printer driver from the Windows
>>>client, and I'm pretty sure that saves the default settings on the
>>>Samba server.  Then you can point-and-print from Windows (no manual
>>>driver installation needed), just as you could if you were using full
>>>(non-raw) Samba-CUPS integration.
>>
>>Er...those drivers are installed on the Windows client, not the samba 
>>server. Bryan's case is rather special. He is not talking about a raw 
>>queue but a postscript queue. Since it is postscript, all the Windows 
>>clients just need to install a postscript print driver (which of course 
>>will be downloaded from the Samba server) and then they are done. The 
>>printer settings will have been setup on the Samba server via CUPS as he 
>>said.
> 
> 
> I haven't done this but was under the impression that samba could
> associate any windows print driver (not just postscript) with
> a shared printer and it would auto-install the driver on the
> windows client when the printer was set up there.
> 

Yes but not auto configure the printer settings on the Windows client. I 
have done this before.

Bryan's case of a postscript printer or a printer with a postscript 
driver on the Samba box means that the printer settings can be set once 
and for all. (Probably not what you want for a colour printer)