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>Printing Support in Samba 2.2.x</TITLE
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><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
><A
NAME="AEN1"
>Printing Support in Samba 2.2.x</A
></H1
><HR></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN3"
>Introduction</A
></H1
><P
>Beginning with the 2.2.0 release, Samba supports
the native Windows NT printing mechanisms implemented via
MS-RPC (i.e. the SPOOLSS named pipe). Previous versions of
Samba only supported LanMan printing calls.</P
><P
>The additional functionality provided by the new
SPOOLSS support includes:</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Support for downloading printer driver
files to Windows 95/98/NT/2000 clients upon demand.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Uploading of printer drivers via the
Windows NT Add Printer Wizard (APW) or the <A
HREF="http://imprints.sourceforge.net"
TARGET="_top"
>Imprints tool set
</A
></P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Support for the native MS-RPC printing
calls such as StartDocPrinter, EnumJobs(), etc... (See
the <A
HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/"
TARGET="_top"
>MSDN documentation
</A
> for more information on the Win32 printing API)
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Support for NT Access Control Lists (ACL)
on printer objects</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Improved support for printer queue manipulation
through the use of an internal databases for spooled job
information</P
></LI
></UL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN20"
>Configuration</A
></H1
><P
>In order to support the uploading of printer driver
files, you must first configure a file share named [print$].
The name of this share is hard coded in Samba's internals so
the name is very important (print$ is the service used by
Windows NT print servers to provide support for printer driver
download).</P
><DIV
CLASS="WARNING"
><P
></P
><TABLE
CLASS="WARNING"
BORDER="1"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="CENTER"
><B
>Warning</B
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
><P
>Previous versions of Samba recommended using
a share named [printer$]. This name was taken from the
printer$ service created by Windows 9x clients when a
printer was shared. Windows 9x printer servers always have
a printer$ service which provides read-only access via no
password in order to support printer driver downloads.</P
><P
>However, the initial implementation allowed for a
parameter named <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>printer driver location</I
></TT
>
to be used on a per share basis to specify the location of
the driver files associated with that printer. Another
parameter named <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>printer driver</I
></TT
> provided
a means of defining the printer driver name to be sent to
the client.</P
><P
>These parameters, including <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>printer driver
file</I
></TT
> parameter, are being depreciated and should not
be used in new installations. For more information on this change,
you should refer to the <A
HREF="#MIGRATION"
>Migration section
</A
>of this document.</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><P
>You should modify the server's smb.conf file 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$]
path = /usr/local/samba/printers
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes
read only = yes
write list = ntadmin
</PRE
></P
><P
>The <A
HREF="smb.conf.5.html#WRITELIST"
TARGET="_top"
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
> write list</I
></TT
></A
> is used to allow administrative
level user accounts to have write access in order to update files
on the share. See the <A
HREF="smb./conf.5.html"
TARGET="_top"
> smb.conf(5) man page</A
> for more information on
configuring file shares.</P
><P
>The requirement for <A
HREF="smb.conf.5.html#GUESTOK"
TARGET="_top"
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
> guest ok = yes</B
></A
> depends upon how your
site is configured. If users will be guaranteed to have
an account on the Samba host, then this is a non-issue.</P
><P
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>author's note: </I
>The non-issue is that
if all your Windows NT users are guarenteed to be authenticated
by the Samba server (such as a domain member server and the NT
user has already been validated by the Domain Controller in
order to logon to the Windows NT console), then guest access
is not necessary. Of course, in a workgroup environment where
you just want to be able to print without worrying about
silly accounts and security, then configure the share for
guest access. You'll probably want to add <A
HREF="smb.conf.5.html#MAPTOGUEST"
TARGET="_top"
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>map to guest = Bad User
</B
></A
> in the [global] section as well. Make sure
you understand what this parameter does before using it
though. --jerry]</P
><P
>In order for a Windows NT print server to support
the downloading of driver files by multiple client architectures,
it must create subdirectories within the [print$] service
which correspond to each of the supported client architectures.
Samba follows this model as well.</P
><P
>Next create the directory tree below the [print$] share
for each architecture you wish to support.</P
><P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
> [print$]-----
|-W32X86 ; "Windows NT x86"
|-WIN40 ; "Windows 95/98"
|-W32ALPHA ; "Windows NT Alpha_AXP"
|-W32MIPS ; "Windows NT R4000"
|-W32PPC ; "Windows NT PowerPC"
</PRE
></P
><DIV
CLASS="WARNING"
><P
></P
><TABLE
CLASS="WARNING"
BORDER="1"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="CENTER"
><B
>Warning</B
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
><P
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>ATTENTION! REQUIRED PERMISSIONS</I
></P
><P
>In order to currently add a new driver to you Samba host,
one of two conditions must hold true:</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>The account used to connect to the Samba host
must have a uid of 0 (i.e. a root account)</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>The account used to connect to the Samba host
must be a member of the <A
HREF="smb.conf.5.html"
TARGET="_top"
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
> printer admin</I
></TT
></A
> list.</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>Of course, the connected account must still possess access
to add files to the subdirectories beneath [print$].</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><P
>Once you have created the required [print$] service and
associated subdirectories, simply log onto the Samba server using
a root (or <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>printer admin</I
></TT
>) account
from a Windows NT 4.0 client. Navigate to the "Printers" folder
on the Samba server. You should see an initial listing of printers
that matches the printer shares defined on your Samba host.</P
><P
>The initial listing of printers in the Samba host's
Printers folder will have no printer driver assigned to them.
The way assign a driver to a printer is to view the Properties
of the printer and either</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Use the "New Driver..." button to install
a new printer driver, or</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Select a driver from the popup list of
installed drivers. Initially this list will be empty.</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>If you wish to install printer drivers for client
operating systems other than "Windows NT x86", you will need
to use the "Sharing" tab of the printer properties dialog.</P
><P
>Assuming you have connected with a root account, you
will also be able modify other printer properties such as
ACLs and device settings using this dialog box.</P
><P
>A few closing comments for this section, it is possible
on a Windows NT print server to have printers
listed in the Printers folder which are not shared. Samba does
not make this distinction. By definition, the only printers of
which Samba is aware are those which are specified as shares in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>smb.conf</TT
>.</P
><P
>Another interesting side note is that Windows NT clients do
not use the SMB printer share, but rather can print directly
to any printer on another Windows NT host using MS-RPC. This
of course assumes that the printing client has the necessary
privileges on the remote host serving the printer. The default
permissions assigned by Windows NT to a printer gives the "Print"
permissions to the "Everyone" well-known group.</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN74"
>Support a large number of printers</A
></H2
><P
>One issue that has arisen during the development
phase of Samba 2.2 is the need to support driver downloads for
100's of printers. Using the Windows NT APW is somewhat
awkward to say the list. If more than one printer are using the
same driver, the <A
HREF="rpcclient.1.html"
TARGET="_top"
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>rpcclient's
setdriver command</B
></A
> can be used to set the driver
associated with an installed driver. The following is example
of how this could be accomplished:</P
><P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>
<TT
CLASS="PROMPT"
>$ </TT
>rpcclient pogo -U root%secret -c "enumdrivers"
Domain=[NARNIA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.0-alpha3]
[Windows NT x86]
Printer Driver Info 1:
Driver Name: [HP LaserJet 4000 Series PS]
Printer Driver Info 1:
Driver Name: [HP LaserJet 2100 Series PS]
Printer Driver Info 1:
Driver Name: [HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS]
<TT
CLASS="PROMPT"
>$ </TT
>rpcclient pogo -U root%secret -c "enumprinters"
Domain=[NARNIA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.0-alpha3]
flags:[0x800000]
name:[\\POGO\hp-print]
description:[POGO\\POGO\hp-print,NO DRIVER AVAILABLE FOR THIS PRINTER,]
comment:[]
<TT
CLASS="PROMPT"
>$ </TT
>rpcclient pogo -U root%bleaK.er \
<TT
CLASS="PROMPT"
>> </TT
> -c "setdriver hp-print \"HP LaserJet 4000 Series PS\""
Domain=[NARNIA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.0-alpha3]
Succesfully set hp-print to driver HP LaserJet 4000 Series PS.
</PRE
></P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN85"
>The Imprints Toolset</A
></H1
><P
>The Imprints tool set provides a UNIX equivalent of the
Windows NT Add Printer Wizard. For complete information, please
refer to the Imprints web site at <A
HREF="http://imprints.sourceforge.net/"
TARGET="_top"
> http://imprints.sourceforge.net/</A
> as well as the documentation
included with the imprints source distribution. This section will
only provide a brief introduction to the features of Imprints.</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN89"
>What is Imprints?</A
></H2
><P
>Imprints is a collection of tools for supporting the goals
of</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>Providing a central repository information
regarding Windows NT and 95/98 printer driver packages</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Providing the tools necessary for creating
the Imprints printer driver packages.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Providing an installation client which
will obtain and install printer drivers on remote Samba
and Windows NT 4 print servers.</P
></LI
></UL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN99"
>Creating Printer Driver Packages</A
></H2
><P
>The process of creating printer driver packages is beyond
the scope of this document (refer to Imprints.txt also included
with the Samba distribution for more information). In short,
an Imprints driver package is a gzipped tarball containing the
driver files, related INF files, and a control file needed by the
installation client.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN102"
>The Imprints server</A
></H2
><P
>The Imprints server is really a database server that
may be queried via standard HTTP mechanisms. Each printer
entry in the database has an associated URL for the actual
downloading of the package. Each package is digitally signed
via GnuPG which can be used to verify that package downloaded
is actually the one referred in the Imprints database. It is
<I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>not</I
> recommended that this security check
be disabled.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN106"
>The Installation Client</A
></H2
><P
>More information regarding the Imprints installation client
is available in the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>Imprints-Client-HOWTO.ps</TT
>
file included with the imprints source package.</P
><P
>The Imprints installation client comes in two forms.</P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>a set of command line Perl scripts</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>a GTK+ based graphical interface to
the command line perl scripts</P
></LI
></UL
><P
>The installation client (in both forms) provides a means
of querying the Imprints database server for a matching
list of known printer model names as well as a means to
download and install the drivers on remote Samba and Windows
NT print servers.</P
><P
>The basic installation process is in four steps and
perl code is wrapped around <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>smbclient</B
>
and <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>rpcclient</B
>.</P
><P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>
foreach (supported architecture for a given driver)
{
1. rpcclient: Get the appropriate upload directory
on the remote server
2. smbclient: Upload the driver files
3. rpcclient: Issues an AddPrinterDriver() MS-RPC
}
4. rpcclient: Issue an AddPrinterEx() MS-RPC to actually
create the printer
</PRE
></P
><P
>One of the problems encountered when implementing
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
LaserWriter II NTX"</P
><P
>The problem is how to know what client drivers have
been uploaded for a printer. As astute reader will remember
that the Windows NT Printer Properties dialog only includes
space for one printer driver name. A quick look in the
Windows NT 4.0 system registry at</P
><P
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environment
</TT
></P
><P
>will reveal that Windows NT always uses the NT driver
name. The is ok as Windows NT always requires that at least
the Windows NT version of the printer driver is present.
However, Samba does not have the requirement internally.
Therefore, how can you use the NT driver name if is has not
already been installed?</P
><P
>The way of sidestepping this limitation is to require
that all Imprints printer driver packages include both the Intel
Windows NT and 95/98 printer drivers and that NT driver is
installed first.</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN128"
><A
NAME="MIGRATION"
></A
>Migration to from Samba 2.0.x to
2.2.x</A
></H1
><P
>Given that printer driver management has changed
(we hope improved :) ) in 2.2.0 over prior releases,
migration from an existing setup to 2.2.0 can follow
several paths.</P
><DIV
CLASS="WARNING"
><P
></P
><TABLE
CLASS="WARNING"
BORDER="1"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="CENTER"
><B
>Warning</B
></TD
></TR
><TR
><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
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>printer driver file (G)</I
></TT
>
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>printer driver (S)</I
></TT
>
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>printer driver location (S)</I
></TT
>
</P
></LI
></UL
></TD
></TR
></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 smbclient and
rpcclient. See the <A
HREF="http://imprints.sourceforge.net/"
TARGET="_top"
> Imprints insrallation client</A
> for an example.
</P
></LI
></UL
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