Hi, I want to suggest the addition of some information to the Samba/Cups Howto concerning 64-bit Windows. I recently had to connect two Windows client PCs, one with Windows XP (32-bit), the other with Windows 7 (64-bit). Having followed the guide was enough for the 32-bit WinXP to enable Samba-connection and also printer-sharing. However, for the 64-bit Win7, it did not work. I searched around and found the following website that explains how to deal with 64-bit Windows: http://blog.encomiabile.it/2010/02/17/samba-cups-and-windows-32-64-bit-drivers . Basically, what needs to be done is to retrieve 64-bit drivers. net-print/cups-windows seems to contain only 32-bit versions. However, the cups-svn does provide a 64-bit version which worked for me. I got the other drivers (pscript5.dll etc.) from the Windows7 client directly. All this needs to be put in the right directory (/usr/share/cups/drivers/x64/) but the rest works just as mentioned in the gentoo-howto. Because of the increasing usage of 64-bit Windows, I think it would be interesting to include this information in the howto. Best, Cedric Reproducible: Always
This document has been moved to the Gentoo wiki and can be found at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Samba/HOWTO. We welcome any contributions on this guide and recommend you create an account (if you do not have one already) and make the adjustments to the article as needed. In case of doubt, use the Talk page to discuss potential changes before applying them.
