summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/defaultdevmode.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorcvs2svn Import User <samba-bugs@samba.org>2003-04-13 13:50:46 +0000
committercvs2svn Import User <samba-bugs@samba.org>2003-04-13 13:50:46 +0000
commita47d06a2c2c67cdc0b1dfc2d32df65f2b1bbeeda (patch)
tree94fc3e2c3166e1fa14849e50468b7b529f9e3385 /docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/defaultdevmode.xml
parent74b163a83a7c516abe8192e3965832efa2fa64a4 (diff)
parente2996e29c7fb4697b9d95fe17d316bd2dded9d17 (diff)
downloadsamba-a47d06a2c2c67cdc0b1dfc2d32df65f2b1bbeeda.tar.gz
samba-a47d06a2c2c67cdc0b1dfc2d32df65f2b1bbeeda.tar.bz2
samba-a47d06a2c2c67cdc0b1dfc2d32df65f2b1bbeeda.zip
This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'SAMBA_3_0'.(This used to be commit 381649916ecbaddefbb6ee0e6137b7cc73eb54b1)
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/defaultdevmode.xml')
-rw-r--r--docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/defaultdevmode.xml37
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/defaultdevmode.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/defaultdevmode.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f14b21f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/defaultdevmode.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<samba:parameter name="default devmode"
+ context="S"
+ print="1"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<listitem>
+ <para>This parameter is only applicable to <link linkend="PRINTOK">printable</link> services.
+ When smbd is serving Printer Drivers to Windows NT/2k/XP clients, each printer on the Samba
+ server has a Device Mode which defines things such as paper size and
+ orientation and duplex settings. The device mode can only correctly be
+ generated by the printer driver itself (which can only be executed on a
+ Win32 platform). Because smbd is unable to execute the driver code
+ to generate the device mode, the default behavior is to set this field
+ to NULL.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Most problems with serving printer drivers to Windows NT/2k/XP clients
+ can be traced to a problem with the generated device mode. Certain drivers
+ will do things such as crashing the client's Explorer.exe with a NULL devmode.
+ However, other printer drivers can cause the client's spooler service
+ (spoolsv.exe) to die if the devmode was not created by the driver itself
+ (i.e. smbd generates a default devmode).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>This parameter should be used with care and tested with the printer
+ driver in question. It is better to leave the device mode to NULL
+ and let the Windows client set the correct values. Because drivers do not
+ do this all the time, setting <command moreinfo="none">default devmode = yes</command>
+ will instruct smbd to generate a default one.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>For more information on Windows NT/2k printing and Device Modes,
+ see the <ulink url="http://msdn.microsoft.com/">MSDN documentation</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">default devmode = no</command></para>
+</listitem>
+</samba:parameter>