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authorAlexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>2003-04-08 05:44:49 +0000
committerAlexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>2003-04-08 05:44:49 +0000
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Finish conversion of Printing parameters
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@@ -1,34 +1,37 @@
-<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
- <term><anchor id="DEFAULTDEVMODE"/>default devmode (S)</term>
- <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>
+<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>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>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>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>
+ <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">default devmode = no</command></para>
+</listitem>
+</samba:parameter>