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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt index f85827bddd..19098861f6 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ How To: writable=no browseable=yes - Second, you have to build the list of the drivers required for a specific + Second, you have to build the list of drivers required for a specific printer. This is the most complicated thing to do. Get the files 'msprint.inf' and 'msprint2.inf' from Windows 95, the easiest way is to grab them from a working Windows 95 computer. They are usually located @@ -46,18 +46,22 @@ How To: file created in your inf directory named 'oem?.inf' (where the ? is some number). Use this file instead of msprint.inf. - Example: + Example: (from the /usr/local/samba/lib directory) - make_printerdef msprint.inf "Apple LaserWriter" >>/usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def + make_printerdef msprint.inf "Apple LaserWriter" >> printers.def The program will print out a list of required files to stderr. - Copy all the files listed into the directory you created in step 1 + Copy all the files listed into the directory you created in step 1. + If you have "preserve case = yes" make sure your files names match + EXACTLY the names listed. Third, you need to add 2 new parameters in smb.conf. One is in the - [global] section, called 'printer driver file' pointing to the file description, - and the other in each printer share, called 'printer driver location' pointing - to where the client will get the drivers. Don't forget to set correctly - the printer driver parameter to the Windows printer name. + [global] section, called 'printer driver file' pointing to the printer + description file you just created, and the other in each printer share, + called 'printer driver location' pointing to where the client will get + the drivers. Don't forget to set correctly the printer driver parameter + to the Windows printer name. + Example: [global] |