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From: "Espen H. Koht" <ehk20@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:20:02 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PPR: Windows printer driver autoinstall

I'm not having any luck getting the driver autoinstall for windows users
to work.  Any hints would be welcome. I would also like to confirm two
points: 

a) The instructions mention Windows 95, but my test clients are all
running windows 98. Can I assume Windows 98 should work?

b) The printers.def file generated by pdd2samba seems to have unix rather
than DOS line-breaks. Is this ok?

My setup is running PPR 1.40a5, Samba 2.0.4 and I'm setting up a HP
LaserJet 4000N. In addition to the PPD files, the following files in the
win95drv share are visible to users trying to set up a printer by drag and
drop: ICONLIB.DLL, PSMON.DLL, PSCRIPT.INI, PSCRIPT.DRV, PSCRIPT.HLP,
FONTS.MFM. 

The basic problem is that when a user drag-and-drops the PPR printer (or
double-clicks on it), the printer wizard still insists on making the users
select the manufacturer and model of the printer (based on the local
driver data). 

Am I missing something obvious?

Espen