samba - Nov 2004 - More Printing Fun (Point and print not working)

In regards to slow XP to Samba printing with SP2:  I
received an updated driver from the vendor that fixed
the problem* (to a degree.)  So, now I can go back to
using point and print instead of using IPP to print
directly to CUPS.

Oops, no I can't.

When I try to install the point and print drivers
in Windows, the drivers transfer to the server, but
when I click OK to close the properties window I get:

"Printer settings could not be saved.  Access is denied."

There is very little info out there concerning this
error message in regards to Samba.  The only clear
"I fixed this" I could find dealt with the "use
client driver" directive.  I've had this set to
yes and no, but I get the same error message both
ways.  (Yes, I restarted Samba.)

This worked before I switched to 3.0.x.  I was using
2.2.8a at the time things worked.  I switched because
I was having a lot of slow printing issues and I 
stopped messing with it because I ended up bypassing
Samba completely and printed directly to CUPS.

I'm now running Samba 3.0.7 (I will upgrade to 3.0.8
as soon as I can.)

The permissions on the printers/W32X86 directory are
set to 777 in desperation.  I can verify that the
driver files are copied to printers/W32X86/3.

Would anyone like to take a stab at helping with this
one?

Thanks,

--J(K)

By "fixed" I mean the wait went from around 30 seconds
for a properties dialog to show up to around 2-5.  It's
still long on occasion, but it's workable.  IPP is instant.
This affects other print operations as well.

Guesses...

1) You have set root as an invalid user in smb.conf (Because who would ever ((in
their right mind)) log into Windows with a domain account called
"root" anyway)
2) You are logged into the Windows box with a domain account which is not a
domain admin or an admin of the printer shares

-- 
Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems

Remove the upper case letters NOSPAM to contact me directly.