Virtual line printer test program (vlp) ======================================= This can be useful for testing/debugging Samba print code. It gives you a virtual full-function printer. Setup 1) Configure and build Samba. For this to work, you need to add: -DDEVELOPER to your CFLAGS, and add: --srcdir=<wherever your source is> when running configure. Generally ./configure --srcdir=`pwd` <other configure options> should work. 2) Build and install vlp. # cd testsuite/printing # make -f Makefile.vlp vlp # su # cp vlp /usr/local/samba/bin 3) Set up Samba to use vlp. In your smb.conf file under [global], add the following option: printing = vlp and then add any number of print shares, without needing to make them really exist. [testprinter] printable = yes is all you need for the most basic virtual printer.