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-!==	Imprints.txt for Samba release 2.2.0 14 Sep 2000
+!==	Imprints.txt for Samba release 2.2.0   Wed Nov 1,2000
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 !==	Author : 	Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>
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+Imprints (Installation Manager of Printer driver 
+Retreival and Installation for Samba) is a project to 
+implement a UNIX equivalent of the Windows NT APW.    
+It has been taken on in part by the Samba Team, VA Linux 
+Systems and Hewlett-Packard.   The Imprints toolset seeks 
+to provide central repository for users and administrators 
+to locate, download, and install all variations Window 
+95/98/NT printer drivers on Samba print servers.  
+
+The server portion of Imprints is composed of a database 
+server which contains information and locations of various 
+printer driver packages.  This server can be queried over 
+standard HTTP get requests and should therefore be available 
+to most administrators behind firewalls.  The server's 
+database consists of records containing data  about each 
+known printer driver package.  For example, each driver 
+record contains a URL from which the Imprints installation 
+client can download the package as well as a public key which 
+can be used to verify the package's integrity.
+
+Once downloaded, the installation client will attempt to 
+install the printer driver on the defined remote server 
+using the username and password provided by the administrator.  
+If the username/password pair can be authenticated by the 
+remote server (and has the appropriate authorization), then 
+the printer driver(s) is (are) installed and the new Printer 
+is created. 
+
+From Samba's point of view, the process of creating a new 
+printer via the Imprints installation client is identical to 
+that of using the Windows NT APW.  In fact, Imprints utilizes 
+Samba's rpcclient and smbclient tools to issue the same MS-RPC 
+and file copy operations as an NT client.  This means that 
+Imprints can also be used to install printers on remote Windows 
+NT print servers.
+
+For more information on Imprints, visit the project homepage 
+at 
+
+        http://imprints.sourceforge.net/.
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