From a20e7874faa05ef64de0526ce33af75ea338d6b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:54:49 +0000 Subject: adding docs for force printername (This used to be commit e6a366606e4cf37798867fe0576108ac9e8098c5) --- docs/smbdotconf/printing/forceprintername.xml | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/smbdotconf/printing/forceprintername.xml (limited to 'docs/smbdotconf') diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/printing/forceprintername.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/printing/forceprintername.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7f89a89589 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/printing/forceprintername.xml @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ + + + When printing from Windows NT (or later), + each printer in smb.conf has two + associated names which can be used by the client. The first + is the sharename (or shortname) defined in smb.conf. This + is the only printername available for use by Windows 9x clients. + The second name associated with a printer can be seen when + browsing to the "Printers" (or "Printers and Faxes") folder + on the Samba server. This is referred to simply as the printername + (not to be confused with the printer name option). + + + When assigning a new driver to a printer on a remote + Windows compatible print server such as Samba, the Windows client + will rename the printer to match the driver name just uploaded. + This can result in confusion for users when multiple + printers are bound to the same driver. To prevent Samba from + allowing the printer's printername to differ from the sharename + defined in smb.conf, set force printername = yes. + + + Be aware that enabling this parameter may affect migrating + printers from a Windows server to Samba since Windows has no way to + force the sharename and printername to match. + + It is recommended that this parameter's value not be changed + once the printer is in use by clients as this could cause a user + not be able to delete printer connections from their local Printers + folder. + + + +no + -- cgit