Installing CUPS printer drivers on WinXP clients...

Jordi jordi at perdigo.com
Thu Dec 16 00:15:02 PST 2004


Peter Saward wrote:
> I have a Linux/CUPS/Netatalk/Samba system set up as a print server.
> This all works fine - the queues queue, the printers print...
> the cups printer drivers even install on XP clients from the
> samba print$ share.  The only problem is that the properties
> of the installed drivers can't be changed - every option is
> greyed out, so that printer settings (e.g. paper size) can't be
> adjusted.
>
> Can anyone, please, point me towards a fix for this???
>
> -P.

Hellow Peter,

In order to avoid this problem you must define a raw printer in the cups server an install the drivers in each client.

Which distro are using?

Bye

Jordi Perdigó.




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