Samba madness

[Dan Jenkins]

Drew Van Zandt wrote:

>    I'm having trouble getting a printer working network-wise at my
> in-law's house.  Here's the skinny:
> 
> printer appears when I browse from an XP (Pro) system
> When I try to connect, first the system asks if I trust the printer
> driver on the host system... I say yes.  A moment later it informs me
> that the driver offered isn't the correct one, and I browse to the
> local driver I have just downloaded for the printer.  I am informed
> that this, also, is not the correct driver.
> 
> Now, I'm certain that this is the correct XP driver; directly
> connecting it to the parallel port works with this driver.

Try this:
1) install printer on local parallel port with the XP driver then
    attach printer to server again
2) go to Control Panel->Printers
3) right-click on icon for this printer and choose Properties
4) go to Details tab
5) change Port
6) type in network path (for example, \\server\printer)
7) apply
8) go to General tab & print test page

This bypasses the whole Windows detecting the printer and figuring out 
the driver thing.

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Dan Jenkins (dan at rastech.com)
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