adding printer via CUPS and SAMBA
Hi guys,,
sorry if theres a similar thread like this but i really cant find what in looking for,, so i experiment some steps.. 1) #lpinfo -v then i saw my printer in "usb:/" 2) #lpadmin -p Dell -v usb:/Dell/Laser%20Printer%201100?serial=BN45W71 -m /etc/cups/ppd/1100.ppd but i got an error "Unable to copy PPD" so i try adding ".gz" at the end: 3) #lpadmin -p Dell -v usb:/Dell/Laser%20Printer%201100?serial=BN45W71 -m /etc/cups/ppd/1100.ppd.gz still i got the error "Unable to copy PPD" but when i hit "lpstat -t" i got: scheduler is running device for Dell: usb:/Dell/Laser%20Printer%201100?serial=BN45W71 Dell accepting request since Fri 14 Sep 2012 06:03:35 and when i check the network to see my printer, its there, so i try connecting now to my windows machine, it somehow connect but it does not have a driver so i provide it separately, after that, i got an error "Windows could not connect to the printer. Check the printer name and try again........" is there something that im missing here?? kindly help.. |
Exposing printer drivers for Windows via SAMBA is a very weird thing, and it never worked for me.
There's some information about this at http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/...html#id2634359 But it's much more easier to get the windows driver installed on the windows machines and select the driver for your printer. |
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