[Bug 967410] Re: Windows clients cannot connect to shared printers

[Colin Leavett-Brown]

Hello James, Pretty much, just a few minor changes that I've been using
for the last 10 years. Merlin is the printer and I'm using the standard
printer configuration:

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        browseable = yes
        path = /var/spool/samba
        printable = yes
        guest ok = yes
;       read only = yes
        create mask = 0700

As for the changes, carried over from my Fedora days, I think these are
the only ones:

workgroup = MyGroup
   wins support = yes
domain master = yes
local master = yes
preferred master = yes
os level = 65

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Title:
  Windows clients cannot connect to shared printers

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “samba” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “samba” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Since installing 12.04 I can no longer connect my windows XP clients to my laser printers on the Ubuntu system using samba. 
  It works on 11.10 using the exact same smb.conf file.  
  I can see the printers from the windows clients, I can select it, I install the drivers locally from the windows pc.  When I click next I get the message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the sever". 

  This is a deal breaker for me.

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