page formats are missing in windows printer dialog for cups printer

[Franz Pfoertsch]

You are right!
They are missing, you have to fill in the pagesize at the samba server.
Only standardsizes of formulars are knows. You have to add the neccessary
sizes by hand. 


connect to the server \\<SambaServer?>> 
navigate to the  printer → Server Propertes → Forms 
Add the forms ...

I try to write a article about it at the samba wiki wiki.samba.org

regards
Franz 

Mario Minati wrote:

> Hi @all,
> 
> I set up a cups server (1.1.23-12 from Debian Etch) which serves the jobs
> for our HP Designjet 750C+ DIN A0 plotter which works fine. The cups
> server is connected to samba (3.0.22) which also works fine. The printers
> have been successfully setup with the new (v6) CUPS windows postscript
> driver and cupsaddsmb as described in the Samba-Howto-Collection and are
> working almost perfect.
> 
> You know it already a *but* is comming:
> In the windows printer settings dialog I am missing most of the page
> formats which are defined in the PPD (on the cups server in /etc/cups/ppd
> and even on the client in the drivers directory and the bpd-file on the
> client). Do you have any idea, why this happens?
> 
> I thought it might have something to do with the interaction between Win2K
> Postscript driver, Cups PS driver extension and the four cups backed
> printers on that client that all use this driver, but I have no idea where
> to start with my investigations.
> 
> Greets,
> Mario