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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/outdated/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt b/docs/textdocs/outdated/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5bf82e0cfe..0000000000 --- a/docs/textdocs/outdated/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,240 +0,0 @@ -!== -!== PRINTER_DRIVER.txt for Samba release 2.0.4 18 May 1999 -!== -========================================================================== - Supporting the famous PRINTER$ share - - Jean-Francois.Micouleau@utc.fr, 10/26/97 - modified by herb@sgi.com 1/2/98 - -=========================================================================== - -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$] - path=/usr/local/samba/printer - public=yes - writable=no - browseable=yes - - Second, you have to build the list of drivers required for a specific - printer. This is the most complicated thing to do. Get the files - 'msprint.inf' and 'msprint2.inf' from Windows 95, the easiest way is to - grab them from a working Windows 95 computer. They are usually located - in 'c:\windows\inf'. Look in them for the printer you have. Run the new - program 'make_printerdef' with the file name and the printer name as - parameters. If you have drivers for an unsupported or updated printer, - first install these drivers on an Windows 95 system. There will be a - file created in your inf directory named 'oem?.inf' (where the ? is some - number). Use this file instead of msprint.inf. - - Example: (from the /usr/local/samba/lib directory) - - make_printerdef msprint.inf "Apple LaserWriter" >> printers.def - - The program will print out a list of required files to stderr. - Copy all the files listed into the directory you created in step 1. - If you have "preserve case = yes" make sure your files names match - EXACTLY the names listed. - - Third, you need to add 2 new parameters in smb.conf. One is in the - [global] section, called 'printer driver file' pointing to the printer - description file you just created, and the other in each printer share, - called 'printer driver location' pointing to where the client will get - the drivers. Don't forget to set correctly the printer driver parameter - to the Windows printer name. - - Example: - - [global] - printer driver file=/usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def - - [lp] - comment = My old printer laser - browseable = yes - printable = yes - public = yes - writable = no - create mode = 0700 - printer driver=Apple LaserWriter - printer driver location=\\%h\PRINTER$ - - %h will expand to the 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 - - -******* added by herb@sgi.com - -For those of you who like to know the details, and in case I have guessed -wrong on some of the fields - The following is the format of the entries -in the printers.def file: (entries are 1 single line - they are split here -for readability) - -<Long Printer Name>:<Driver File Name>:<Data File Name>:<Help File Name>: -<Language Monitor Name>:<Default Data Type>:<Comma Separated list of Files> - -The <Help File Name> and the <Language Monitor Name> can be empty. -If no <Driver File Name> or <Data File Name> are specified in the inf file, -these will default to the section name for the printer. - -The following is an excerpt from the MSPRINT2.INF file on a WIN95 machine. -I have deleted all but the entries relating to installing a driver for the -"QMS ColorScript 100 Model 30" printer. Using this "file" I'll try to -explain how the printers.def file is created. - -make_printerdef is run with the first argument being the name of this -file (MSPRINT2.INF in this case) and the second argument being the -name of the printer ("QMS ColorScript 100 Model 30" in this case). - -The printer name is first found in the "Model section" to obtain the -name of the "Installer Section" (this is the name after the equal sign). -We ignore the alternate name. - -The "Installer Section" contains entries for "CopyFiles" and "DataSection". -The "CopyFiles" line gives a list of all the required files for this -printer. If the name begins with an @ it is the name of a file (after -you strip off the @), otherwise it is the name of a "Copy Section" which -in turn is a list of files required. This printer has one file listed -"QCS30503.SPD" and two sections "COLOR_QMS_100_30" and "PSCRIPT". The -"COLOR_QMS_100_30" section is listed in the "[DestinationDirs]" as -having a value of 23. This means that all files listed in this section -should go into the "color" subdirectory. The list of files to copy for -this printer is thus: - -QCS30503.SPD,color\QMS10030.ICM,PSCRIPT.DRV,PSCRIPT.HLP,PSCRIPT.INI, -TESTPS.TXT,APPLE380.SPD,FONTS.MFM,ICONLIB.DLL,PSMON.DLL - -From the "Data Section" we obtain values for "DriverFile", "HelpFile", -and "LanguageMonitor". The % around the value for "LanguageMonitor" -indicates that it is a string that can be localized so its actual value -is obtained from the "[Strings]" section. The "Data Section" could also -have contained an entry for "DefaultDataType". - -Using the information we have obtained we can now construct the entry -for the printers.def file. - -<Long Printer Name> -> QMS ColorScript 100 Model 30 (name given - on the command line) -<Driver File Name> -> PSCRIPT.DRV (given in Data Section) -<Data File Name> -> QCS30503.SPD (defaults to Install Section name) -<Help File Name> -> PSCRIPT.HLP (given in Data Section) -<Language Monitor Name> -> PostScript Language Monitor (given in Data Section) -<Default Data Type> -> RAW (default if not specified) - - -So.... the enty (actually one line but split here for readability) would -be: - -QMS ColorScript 100 Model 30:PSCRIPT.DRV:QCS30503.SPD: -PSCRIPT.HLP:PostScript Language Monitor:RAW: -QCS30503.SPD,color\QMS10030.ICM,PSCRIPT.DRV,PSCRIPT.HLP,PSCRIPT.INI, -TESTPS.TXT,APPLE380.SPD,FONTS.MFM,ICONLIB.DLL,PSMON.DLL - ----------------------- Info from MSPRINT2.INF ------------------------ -; -; The Manufacturer section lists all of the manufacturers that we will -; display in the Dialog box - -[Manufacturer] -"QMS" - - -; -; Model sections. Each section here corresponds with an entry listed in the -; [Manufacturer] section, above. The models will be displayed in the order -; that they appear in the INF file. -; -; Each model lists a variation of its own name as a compatible ID. This -; is done primarily as an optimization during upgrade. -; -[QMS] -"QMS ColorScript 100 Model 30" = QCS30503.SPD,QMS_ColorScript_100_Model_30 - - -; -; Installer Sections -; -; These sections control file installation, and reference all files that -; need to be copied. The section name will be assumed to be the driver -; file, unless there is an explicit DriverFile section listed. -; -[QCS30503.SPD] -CopyFiles=@QCS30503.SPD,COLOR_QMS_100_30,PSCRIPT -DataSection=PSCRIPT_DATA - -; Copy Sections -; -; Lists of files that are actually copied. These sections are referenced -; from the installer sections, above. Only create a section if it contains -; two or more files (if we only copy a single file, identify it in the -; installer section, using the @filename notation) or if it's a color -; profile (since the DestinationDirs can only handle sections, and not -; individual files). -; -[COLOR_QMS_100_30] -QMS10030.ICM - -[PSCRIPT] -PSCRIPT.DRV -PSCRIPT.HLP -PSCRIPT.INI -TESTPS.TXT -APPLE380.SPD -FONTS.MFM -ICONLIB.DLL -PSMON.DLL - - -; -; Data Sections -; -; These sections contain data that is shared between devices. -; -[PSCRIPT_DATA] -DriverFile=PSCRIPT.DRV -HelpFile=PSCRIPT.HLP -LanguageMonitor=%PS_MONITOR% - - -; -; Color profiles go to the colors directory. All other files go to the -; system directory -; - -[DestinationDirs] -DefaultDestDir=11 -COLOR_QMS_100_30=23 -COLOR_TEKTRONIX_200I=23 -COLOR_TEKTRONIX_III_PXI=23 - - -; -; Localizable Strings -; -[Strings] -MS="Microsoft" -PS_MONITOR="PostScript Language Monitor,PSMON.DLL" - |