ppr-list-digest volume 1, number 164, message 1

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From: "Espen H. Koht" <ehk20@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:30:02 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: PPR: Windows printer driver autoinstall

On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, David S. Chappell wrote:

> >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). 
> 
> Make sure the "printer driver file =" line is in the [global] section.  I
> think that, around the time of 1.40a5, the comments in the
> smb-protos.conf.sample file were wrong out which line had to be copied into
> the [global] section.

In my copy it claims both "printer driver file" and "printer driver
location" needs to go in the [global] section. Having just the former
doesn't seem to get me any further.

Espen