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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/outdated/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt b/docs/textdocs/outdated/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5bf82e0cfe4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/textdocs/outdated/PRINTER_DRIVER.txt @@ -0,0 +1,240 @@ +!== +!== PRINTER_DRIVER.txt for Samba release 2.0.4 18 May 1999 +!==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" + |