[nzlug] Samba and printers

[Craig Box]

> Now the problem - for some printers XP will magically get the make and
>> model and for some other it won't. How's that possible? Two examples are
>> Canon IR2200 for which it knows the model and HP LJ 4250 for which it
>> doesn't. Both are network-connected and in /etc/printcap both printers have
>> exactly the same config:
>>
>
> If XP has the drivers preinstalled, it'll just work.
>
> You can also make use of a special samba share to store print drivers on,
> although I never had much luck in getting this working reliably when I was
> bothered to try it 4 or so years ago. The samba 3 howto covers it in better
> detail than I care to.


Last time I looked at this I added some notes to
http://www.wlug.org.nz/SambaPrinting.  I imagine the HOWTO has moved on a
bit since then, but they might still help.

Craig