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!==
!== PRINTER_DRIVER.txt for Samba release 1.9.18 08 Jan 1998
!==
==========================================================================
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$]
path=/usr/local/samba/printer
public=yes
writable=no
browseable=yes
Second, you have to build the list of the drivers required for a specific
printer. This is the most complicated thing to do. Get the files
'msprint.inf' and 'msprint2.inf' from Windows 95, the easiest way is to
grab them from a working Windows 95 computer. They are usually located
in 'c:\windows\inf'. Look in them for the printer you have. Run the new
program 'mkprinterdef' with the file name and the printer name as
parameters.
Example:
mkprinterdef msprint.def "Apple LaserWriter" >>/usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def
The program will print out a list of required files to stderr.
Copy all the files listed into the directory you created in step 1
Third, you need to add 2 new parameters in smb.conf. One is in the
[global] section, called 'printer driver file' pointing to the file description,
and the other in each printer share, called 'printer driver location' pointing
to where the client will get the drivers. Don't forget to set correctly
the printer driver parameter to the Windows printer name.
Example:
[global]
printer driver file=/usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def
[lp]
comment = My old printer laser
browseable = yes
printable = yes
public = yes
writable = no
create mode = 0700
printer driver=Apple LaserWriter
printer driver location=\\%h\PRINTER$
%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.
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