cupsaddsmb and printer model

[Niconux]

OK.

In this case, would it be possible to add a paramter to the cupsaddsmb command, allowing us to give a different name than printer name ?

For instance, let's say having the option -M like "Model name":

cupsaddsmb -H samba-server -U samba-user%samba-password -h cups-server:port -v printer -M model-name

and when cupsaddsmb call the rpcclient command, that would be:

rpcclient localhost -N -A /tmp/... -c 'adddriver "Windows NT x86" "model-name:param2:ppd_file:param4:param5:NULL:RAW:other_params"'

What do you think of that ?

There is no need to wait a new version of SAMBA for that, or I my wrong ?

KR.
Nicolas

> Niconux wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > When I use cupsaddsmb to add a printer driver automatically in SAMBA, I can see in windows explorer that the column "printer model" automatically takes the name of the printer share (netbios name in fact).
> >
> > This "feature" disturb my users, because for instance, all our printers here are named with a specific coding format, including floor level, wall, intersection number and so on... we would like to have a way to redefine printer model name to keep them like "HP LaserJet 9050 Series" for example.
> >
> > Is there an option allowing to do this in cupsaddsmb ? I've also opened a ticket to the SAMBA team because apparently, on their side, this is the same: there is no possibility to change the way a driver is named with rpcclient command.
>
> There is currently no option for this, but there is a feature request
> tracking this on the CUPS side:
>
>      http://www.cups.org/str.php?U2928
>
> As you say, there is currently no way to do this with Samba, so any
> improvement to cupsaddsmb will depend on a newer version of Samba,
> too...
>
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> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
>