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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt
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--- 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]