cupsaddsmb problem

[william.lott at uconn.edu]

I tried to add the drivers using the Add Printer Wizard.  I followed the directions in the Samba HowTo from Chapter 20.  I got the following error message on my Windows XP computer after selecting the driver and telling it to install:

"Unable to install HP laserjet series 4100 PS, Windows 2000 or XP, intel driver. Operation could not be completed."

I have printer admin priviledge.  The directory "/etc/samba/drivers" exists with appropriate priviledges.

I would appreciate any help solving this problem.  Thanks.


> Have you thought about setting up samba to support the Add Printer
> Wizard?  With this setup, even if you continue to add printers by your
> method, you can then add drivers to the samba server from a remote
> Windows client.  I found that installing drivers from a vendor's .inf
> file worked more reliably for better output.  The Samba Printing Howto
> details that setup.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 15:10 -0500, william.Lott at uconn.edu wrote:
> > I have been trying for over a month to setup the system to export the drivers to Windows computers of my Samba shared printer.  We have an HP 4100 that I have configured with REDHAT/KDE print manager.  I have also obtained all the cups and adobe files mentioned in the writeup on cupsaddsmb.  I have placed the files in the directories mentioned.
> >
> > When I try to export the files to Samba with cupsaddsmb, I get the error message of no ppd file for the printer.  I have associated a ppd file with the printer and I have the ppd for the HP4100.  I don't know if I have it in the wrong directory or what.
> >
> > I have also tried exporting the drivers with the built in option in the redhad print manager.  It keeps saying some driver files are missing.
> >
> > I want to set up PyKota, but can't until I can serve the print drivers to the Windows computers on the system.
> >
> > Does anyone have a solution to my problem.  Thanks.
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