Need help with cups for automatic provide printing drivers.

[Jonny Nguyen]

I have cups setup but I cannot have cups deliver the printing drivers to windows client machine.

I can install it manually but not very good solution when you have 100 of computers.

Please advise

thanks in advance

Jonny

[Lee Sharp]

On 12/28/2012 08:05 PM, Jonny Nguyen wrote:
> I have cups setup but I cannot have cups deliver the printing drivers to
> windows client machine.
>
> I can install it manually but not very good solution when you have 100
> of computers.

This is far more of a PITA than it should be... What clients are you using?

Lee

[Jonny Nguyen]

windows 7 mainly

                        Lee

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[Lee Sharp]

On 12/29/2012 12:57 AM, Jonny Nguyen wrote:
> windows 7 mainly
32bit, 64bit or both?

Lee

[Jonny Nguyen]

64bit mainly

                        Lee

[Lee Sharp]

On 12/29/2012 01:06 PM, Jonny Nguyen wrote:
> 64bit mainly

OK. You're screwed. I have been working on this for a while...

Here is my notes pages of links to help. That said, I do not have a
solid working solution yet.

Good luck!

Lee



This is a link to a PPA with a more current cups...

https://launchpad.net/~arnulf-heimsbakk/+archive/work?field.series_filter=precise

These are links to some potential solutions to the CUPS driver problems.

http://blog.amoktech.com/?p=15
http://rambling-techie.blogspot.com/2010/11/part-iii-cups-and-windows-drivers.html
http://noblepaladin.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/using-a-cups-printer-server-to-push-windows-7-64-bit-print-drivers/
http://blog.encomiabile.it/2010/02/17/samba-cups-and-windows-32-64-bit-drivers/

Some driver instructions from a user standpoint.

http://www.divms.uiowa.edu/help/windows/printers_win7/