[olug] cupsaddsmb -v, Warning: PPD file not found?!

unolinuxguru unolinuxguru at olug.org
Sat Mar 29 19:52:52 UTC 2003


1 question...

I am running a Debian testing/unstable system with samba 2.2.3a-6 and
cupsys 1.1.15-4 as a member server in a samba domain.  I have used CUPS
to add a networked HP8100N printer and it works fine locally, but I'm
having difficulty adding it to samba for Win98 domain clients to use.

I ran cupsaddsmb to add the printer and drivers to samba, but it cannot
find the PPD file... where is it looking for this to be???

root at WS-072:/etc/samba/drivers# cupsaddsmb -a
Warning: No PPD file for printer "HP8100N"!
root at WS-072:/etc/samba/drivers# cupsaddsmb -v HP8100N
Warning: No PPD file for printer "HP8100N"!

I have the "HP8100N.PPD" (generated by CUPS-o-matic) file placed in
/usr/share/cups/drivers, /etc/cups/ppd, /etc/samba/drivers,
/etc/samba/drivers/WIN40, /etc/samba/drivers/W32X86 ...

I have many more questions on getting this CUPS and Samba to work, but I'd
like to first get past this minor one first... where is it looking for the
PPD?

peace
Brian




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