[cups.general] samba , changed ppd-files

Peter Kobe kobe at physik.uni-bonn.de
Tue Dec 14 11:06:38 PST 2004


Helge Bliscke answered
> Peter Kobe wrote:
> > 
> > Hallo List,
> > environment: cups 1.1.22, samba 3.0.7
> > 
> > I have to change a ppd-file.
> > No problems for the u*x environment
> > for the SAMBA-World I cupsaddsmb the changed printers.
> > Question: Is there a way to automaticly update the already installed
printers.
> > Otherwise I have to tell the samba-users "please reinstall printerxx" or
> > go to user "innocent" and do it myself.
> > 
> > Thanks for an answer.
> > 
> > Peter
> 
> I don't know of any aoutomatism here, but what we currently do is as
> follows:
> 
> As the users usually log in to their Win boxes at most once a day, we
> installed
> a login script that imports all the printers the user(s) have installed
> from the
> CUPS server. Running this script may take a while, but the WInxx users
> need not
> think about modified printers.
> 
> Helge
> 
> 
> -- 
> Helge Blischke
> Softwareentwicklung
> SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
> http://www.srz.de
> tel: +49 30 75301-360
Thanks Helge,
so I will try to go the same way.

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