Windows Server 2003 printing without Samba to CUPS

John A. Murdie john at cs.york.ac.uk
Thu Mar 1 08:40:22 PST 2007


Helge Blischke wrote:
> If you are interested, I recently hacked a Perl script that creates a
> directory containing the PPD files (modified according to the latest cupasddsmb)
> an .inf file, and copies of the CUPS6 driver DLLs. You can use this
> directory (via SAMBA) just like an installation CD to install the printers on a Winxx
> machine; SAMBA need not be involved with printing.
>
> Helge
>
> PS. the script as it is contains a couple of site specific settings which
> need to be modified.
> --
> Helge Blischke
> Softwareentwicklung
>
> H.Blischke at acm.org

Yes, certainly, if you're happy to release that. I'm very familiar with PPD files, have seen .inf files - but haven't come across the CUPS 6 driver DLLs. Many thanks.

John A. Murdie





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