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Rexilion

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Registered: 2013-12-23

Posts: 784

Samba point'n'click: printer drivers in print$

I'm trying to get point'n'click to work. The printer is working directly through Samba, but I cannot get Windows to upload the driver.

[psc2355p]
	comment=HP PSC 2355p
	printer=HP_PSC_2350_series
	path=/var/spool/samba
	printing=cups
	printable=yes
	guest ok=yes
	writable=no

[print$]
	path=/home/gebruiker/Documenten/Ronald/print_drivers
	comment=Printer Drivers
	writeable=yes
	guest ok=yes

I found the universal HP printer drivers here. That is *really* convenient.

However, when I install them under an Windows XP host in Qemu it only prints gibberish and has connectivity issue's. Extracting the drivers from the regular installation files did not work. After installation they did not show up in the driver selection list. Unzipping the drivers and browsing through them yielded many .inf's. I have no idea which one to choose. They all appear to assume some sort of direct connectivity (i.e. USB, LPT etc etc).

I somewhat followed the guide here.

I verified that the print$ share is writable by anyone.

Anyone got any succes with this?

Last edited by Rexilion (2014-04-07 13:52:28)

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