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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Imprints.txt b/docs/textdocs/Imprints.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4ea9782bd3..0000000000 --- a/docs/textdocs/Imprints.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -================================================================== - - -Imprints (Installation Manager of Printer driver -Retreival and Installation for Samba) is a project to -implement a UNIX equivalent of the Windows NT APW. -It has been taken on in part by the Samba Team, VA Linux -Systems and Hewlett-Packard. The Imprints toolset seeks -to provide central repository for users and administrators -to locate, download, and install all variations Window -95/98/NT printer drivers on Samba print servers. - -The server portion of Imprints is composed of a database -server which contains information and locations of various -printer driver packages. This server can be queried over -standard HTTP get requests and should therefore be available -to most administrators behind firewalls. The server's -database consists of records containing data about each -known printer driver package. For example, each driver -record contains a URL from which the Imprints installation -client can download the package as well as a public key which -can be used to verify the package's integrity. - -Once downloaded, the installation client will attempt to -install the printer driver on the defined remote server -using the username and password provided by the administrator. -If the username/password pair can be authenticated by the -remote server (and has the appropriate authorization), then -the printer driver(s) is (are) installed and the new Printer -is created. - -From Samba's point of view, the process of creating a new -printer via the Imprints installation client is identical to -that of using the Windows NT APW. In fact, Imprints utilizes -Samba's rpcclient and smbclient tools to issue the same MS-RPC -and file copy operations as an NT client. This means that -Imprints can also be used to install printers on remote Windows -NT print servers. - -For more information on Imprints, visit the project homepage -at - - http://imprints.sourceforge.net/. - - - - |