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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d555d89386 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +========================================================================== + Supporting the famous PRINTER$ share + + Jean-Francois.Micouleau@utc.fr, 10/26/97 + +=========================================================================== + +Disclaimer: + + This ONLY works with Windows 95 + It does NOT work with Windows NT 4 + + +Goal: + + When you click on a samba shared printer, you can now install the driver + automatically onto the Windows 95 machine, as you would from an NT server. + +How To: + + It's a three step config. + + First, create a new directory, where you will put the driver files, and + make a share in smb.conf pointing to it. + + Example: + + [printer$] + path=/usr/local/samba/printer + public=yes + writable=no + browseable=yes + + Second, you have to build the list of the drivers required for a specific + printer. This is the most complicated thing to do. Get the files + 'msprint.inf' and 'msprint2.inf' from Windows 95, the easiest way is to + grab them from a working Windows 95 computer. They are usually located + in 'c:\windows\inf'. Look in them for the printer you have. Run the new + program 'mkprinterdef' with the file name and the printer name as + parameters. + Example: + + mkprinterdef msprint.def "Apple LaserWriter" >>/usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def + + Copy also all the files into the directory you created in step 1 + + Third, you need to add 2 new parameters in smb.conf. One is in the + [global] section, called 'driver file' pointing to the file description, + and the other in each printer share, called 'driver location' pointing + to where the client will get the drivers. Don't forget to set correctly + the printer driver parameter to the Windows printer name. + Example: + + [global] + driver file=/usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def + + [lp] + comment = My old printer laser + browseable = yes + printable = yes + public = yes + writable = no + create mode = 0700 + printer driver=Apple LaserWriter + driver location=\\JOKER\PRINTER$ + + JOKER is in my case my computer name, and PRINTER$ is the name of the + share created in step one. + + +If it doesn't work for you, don't send flame ! It worked for me. In case of +trouble don't hesitate to send me a mail with your smb.conf file and +printers.def + |