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Got CUPS/Samba printing working. I spent a day frustraited that I couldnt get samba to allow me to associate driver with queues, but, it turned out it was due to this setting-

use client driver = yes

which I'd added in to get past an earlier roadblock I had on the live machine. I hadn't need the parameter on my test machine, and naturally, it seems to disable clickable driver download.

So here the relevant params...

[global]



        load printers = yes

        printing = cups

        printcap name = cups

        show add printer wizard = yes

        lpq cache time = 100







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[printers]

        comment = all printers

        path = /var/spool/samba

        browseable = no

        public = yes

        guest ok = yes

        printable = yes

        printer admin = print-admin



[print$]

        comment = Printer Drivers

        path = /var/lock/samba/printing/drivers

        browseable = yes

        guest ok = no

        read only = yes

        write list = print-admin

I'm storing the printer drivers in the same path as the runtime tdbs.