CUPS-Windows v6 Config Problem

[Brian White]

Just so everyone knows...  This turned out to be a problem with the 
"cupsaddsmb" program that comes with Samba.  A bug in the code was 
causing it to remove all line terminators.  Windows didn't like that.

The bug report is here:  http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1750

-- Brian


Brian White wrote:
> I've installed the CUPS Windows driver v6.0 in to samba using cupsaddsmb 
> v1.2 (which I built myself from source).
> 
> After much gnashing of teeth, it installed.  The printers show up under 
> my share and I can double-click on the printer to have it connect and 
> install the driver.  The print-queue window appears and I can print test 
> pages.  So far, so good.
> 
> HOWEVER, when I select "properties" from the file menu for my printer 
> "Doyle", it tells me:
> 
> "The 'Doyle' printer driver is not installed on this computer.  Some 
> printer properties will not be accessible unless you install the printer 
> driver.  Do you want to install the driver now?"
> 
> 
> I originally assumed it meant that it couldn't find a printer driver for 
> "Doyle" the printer even though it had appeared to install.  But this 
> says it can't find the "Doyle" printer driver, which is (somewhat) 
> different.  The "cupsaddsmb" program creates the driver with the same 
> name as the printer.  Thus, the printer "Doyle" uses the "Doyle" printer 
> driver.
> 
> Anyway...  I did a search on C:\ and found "Doyle.BPD" and "Doyle.ppd" 
> in C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3, so Windows has found and 
> copied all 8 files to that directory (cupsui6.dll, cupsps6.dll, 
> cups6.ini, pscript.ntf, pscript.hlp, ps5ui.dll, Doyle.ppd, and 
> pscript6.dll).
> 
> The printer driver "Doyle" is installed and does work.  It just can't be 
> _configured_!
> 
> Any ideas on this?
> 
> Please note:  Even though I used cupsaddsmb v1.2 to install the driver, 
> I'm still using cups v1.1.23 for the server.  I can print.  I just can't 
> configure it on the WinXP box.

                                           Brian
                                  ( bcwhite at precidia.com )

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