Feizhou <feizhou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
There are basically 4 ways you can setup Windows printer
queues:
1. All Manual:
Each one "raw" and go around manually installing drivers --
either SMB or an IPP/LPD/JetDirect port
2. Manual and Driver Share:
Each one "raw" and setup Samba shares with the printer
drivers (with associated settings in smb.conf)
3. CUPS, Postscript and Driver Share:
Use CUPS so they are Postscript queues, use the Adobe
Postscript driver, and setup Samba shares with the PPDs (with
the associated settings in smb.conf)
4. CUPS-Samba, CUPS driver for Windows and Automated PPD
Use CUPS so they are Postscript queues, use the CUPS drivers
for Windows and use the CPUS-Samba script, which handles
automatically publishing any CUPS changes into a fixed
location the CUPS driver for Windows knows where to get PPD
files for the printers without any manual intervention
#1 gives you manual fits
#2 and #3 has you setup a Samba share with printer info. #3
minimizes the printer setup by letting you merely plop out
PPD files into the share. In either case, you _still_ have
to edit smb.conf with the exact printer info, or use a
separate GUI tool.
#4 takes #3 and puts it on steroids. Instead of using the
non-CUPS aware Adobe Postscript driver, which still requires
some manual intervention on the client side (like #2), you
use the CUPS driver for Windows. Now you manage _everything_
from the CUPS interface, and run *1* command to update the
PPDs to the share. The CUPS driver for Windows handles
getting everything from the server, including updated PPDs.
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