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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/printer_driver2.html b/docs/htmldocs/printer_driver2.html index c44d9c5bf8..e6cc23b02c 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/printer_driver2.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/printer_driver2.html @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A -NAME="AEN1" +NAME="PRINTING" >Printing Support in Samba 2.2.x</A ></H1 ><HR></DIV @@ -192,14 +192,21 @@ the name is very important (print$ is the service used by Windows NT print servers to provide support for printer driver download).</P ><P ->You should modify the server's smb.conf file to create the +>You should modify the server's smb.conf file to add the global +parameters and to create the following file share (of course, some of the parameter values, such as 'path' are arbitrary and should be replaced with appropriate values for your site):</P ><P ><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->[print$] +>[global] + ; members of the ntadmin group should be able + ; to add drivers and set printer properties + ; root is implicitly a 'printer admin' + printer admin = @ntadmin + +[print$] path = /usr/local/samba/printers guest ok = yes browseable = yes @@ -209,7 +216,7 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ; sure this account can copy files to the share. If this ; is setup to a non-root account, then it should also exist ; as a 'printer admin' - write list = ntadmin</PRE + write list = @ntadmin,root</PRE ></P ><P >The <A @@ -224,7 +231,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" > is used to allow administrative level user accounts to have write access in order to update files on the share. See the <A -HREF="smb./conf.5.html" +HREF="smb.conf.5.html" TARGET="_top" >smb.conf(5) man page</A @@ -514,7 +521,7 @@ Add Printer Wizard icon. The APW will be show only if</P ><P >The connected user is able to successfully execute an OpenPrinterEx(\\server) with administrative - priviledges (i.e. root or <TT + privileges (i.e. root or <TT CLASS="PARAMETER" ><I >printer admin</I @@ -788,7 +795,7 @@ foreach (supported architecture for a given driver) the Imprints tool set was the name space issues between various supported client architectures. For example, Windows NT includes a driver named "Apple LaserWriter II NTX v51.8" - and Windows 95 callsits version of this driver "Apple + and Windows 95 calls its version of this driver "Apple LaserWriter II NTX"</P ><P >The problem is how to know what client drivers have @@ -830,52 +837,67 @@ NAME="MIGRATION" ><P >Given that printer driver management has changed (we hope improved) in 2.2 over prior releases, migration from an existing setup to 2.2 can -follow several paths.</P +follow several paths. Here are the possible scenarios for +migration:</P ><P ->Windows clients have a tendency to remember things for quite a while. -For example, if a Windows NT client has attached to a Samba 2.0 server, -it will remember the server as a LanMan printer server. Upgrading -the Samba host to 2.2 makes support for MSRPC printing possible, but -the NT client will still remember the previous setting.</P +></P +><UL +><LI ><P ->In order to give an NT client printing "amesia" (only necessary if you -want to use the newer MSRPC printing functionality in Samba), delete -the registry keys associated with the print server contained in -<TT -CLASS="CONSTANT" ->[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print]</TT ->. The -spooler service on the client should be stopped prior to doing this:</P +>If you do not desire the new Windows NT + print driver support, nothing needs to be done. + All existing parameters work the same.</P +></LI +><LI ><P -><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" ->C:\WINNT\ ></TT -> <TT -CLASS="USERINPUT" -><B ->net stop spooler</B -></TT -></P +>If you want to take advantage of NT printer + driver support but do not want to migrate the + 9x drivers to the new setup, the leave the existing + <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>printers.def</TT +> file. When smbd attempts + to locate a + 9x driver for the printer in the TDB and fails it + will drop down to using the printers.def (and all + associated parameters). The <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>make_printerdef</B +> + tool will also remain for backwards compatibility but will + be removed in the next major release.</P +></LI +><LI ><P -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->All the normal disclaimers about editing the registry go -here.</I -> Be careful, and know what you are doing.</P +>If you install a Windows 9x driver for a printer + on your Samba host (in the printing TDB), this information will + take precedence and the three old printing parameters + will be ignored (including print driver location).</P +></LI +><LI ><P ->The spooler service should be restarted after you have finished -removing the appropriate registry entries by replacing the -<B +>If you want to migrate an existing <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>printers.def</TT +> + file into the new setup, the current only solution is to use the Windows + NT APW to install the NT drivers and the 9x drivers. This can be scripted + using <B CLASS="COMMAND" ->stop</B -> command above with <B +>smbclient</B +> and <B CLASS="COMMAND" ->start</B ->.</P -><P ->Windows 9x clients will continue to use LanMan printing calls -with a 2.2 Samba server so there is no need to perform any of these -modifications on non-NT clients.</P +>rpcclient</B +>. See the + Imprints installation client at <A +HREF="http://imprints.sourceforge.net/" +TARGET="_top" +>http://imprints.sourceforge.net/</A +> + for an example. + </P +></LI +></UL ><DIV CLASS="WARNING" ><P @@ -895,8 +917,12 @@ ALIGN="CENTER" ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ><P ->The following smb.conf parameters are considered to be depreciated and will -be removed soon. Do not use them in new installations</P +>The following <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>smb.conf</TT +> parameters are considered to +be deprecated and will be removed soon. Do not use them in new +installations</P ><P ></P ><UL @@ -936,63 +962,22 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P ->Here are the possible scenarios for supporting migration:</P -><P -></P -><UL -><LI -><P ->If you do not desire the new Windows NT - print driver support, nothing needs to be done. - All existing parameters work the same.</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->If you want to take advantage of NT printer - driver support but do not want to migrate the - 9x drivers to the new setup, the leave the existing - printers.def file. When smbd attempts to locate a - 9x driver for the printer in the TDB and fails it - will drop down to using the printers.def (and all - associated parameters). The <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->make_printerdef</B -> - tool will also remain for backwards compatibility but will - be moved to the "this tool is the old way of doing it" - pile.</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->If you install a Windows 9x driver for a printer - on your Samba host (in the printing TDB), this information will - take precedence and the three old printing parameters - will be ignored (including print driver location).</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->If you want to migrate an existing <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->printers.def</TT -> - file into the new setup, the current only solution is to use the Windows - NT APW to install the NT drivers and the 9x drivers. This can be scripted - using <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->smbclient</B -> and <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->rpcclient</B ->. See the - Imprints installation client at <A -HREF="http://imprints.sourceforge.net/" -TARGET="_top" ->http://imprints.sourceforge.net/</A -> - for an example. - </P -></LI -></UL +>The have been two new parameters add in Samba 2.2.2 to for +better support of Samba 2.0.x backwards capability (<TT +CLASS="PARAMETER" +><I +>disable +spoolss</I +></TT +>) and for using local printers drivers on Windows +NT/2000 clients (<TT +CLASS="PARAMETER" +><I +>use client driver</I +></TT +>). Both of +these options are described in the smb.coinf(5) man page and are +disabled by default.</P ></DIV ></DIV ></BODY |