[UniMacTech] OSX Server 10.5.5 pushing out printers

[Jeff Kirby]

I'm pushing out printers hosted on a 2003 server via my mac server ( using the 'golden triangle' setup ).

That said, I have to add them to the server via the 'Windows' printer tab, not via 'Open Directory', that would be too easy. That may be the trick there. Browse to your windows print server and then select the right printer.

However after further investigation, it does seem that the Mac servers don't push printers which drivers are not 'built-in'. Way to go Apple.


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Ayala [mailto:joetheintro at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2008 1:35 PM
To: jeff.kirby at flinders.edu.au; University Macintosh Technical Mailing List
Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] OSX Server 10.5.5 pushing out printers

I'm having the same issues but I can't push out HP Printers.  Are you
pushing out the HP printers from the Windows server or from the mac
server?

Thanks

Joe

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Jeff Kirby <jeff.kirby at flinders.edu.au> wrote:
> Hey all,
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> So, I'm pushing out printers from my Mac Server (OSX 10.5.5), and my Canon
> printers don't come down. The Ricoh and HP ones do, but the Canon ones
> don't. Now it would seem this is linked to the fact that the Canon printers
> in question, are not in the default driver list (in fact, the server fails
> to even push out the 'Generic PostScript' printers), and extra drivers need
> to be installed. I've got the drivers in the server and the client, so all
> should be well but obviously it's not.
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> It could be that, given Canon no longer supports OSX as an ongoing operating
> platform (apparently), OSX has in turn not supported new Canons either. Who
> knows.
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> Anyone has similar behaviour? The printers are hosted on a Windows 2003 SP2
> server, so I'm just pushing out SMB printers. It does not work even if I
> create an IP printer on the Mac server and put the correct driver in.
> However, if i say it is a HP 3000 for instance, flawless.
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> Cheers,
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> Jeff
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Thanks

Joe