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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2001-05-03 18:15:13 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2001-05-03 18:15:13 +0000
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added link to MS KB article about dealing with Windows 200 clients
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/printer_driver2.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/printer_driver2.sgml
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
</author>
- <pubdate> (26 Apr 2001) </pubdate>
+ <pubdate> (3 May 2001) </pubdate>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Printing Support in Samba 2.2.x</title>
@@ -59,14 +59,25 @@ SPOOLSS support includes:</para>
There has been some initial confusion about what all this means
and whether or not it is a requirement for printer drivers to be
installed on a Samba host in order to support printing from Windows
-clients. Windows NT/2000 clients require that the Samba server
-possesses a valid driver for the printer. This requirement is
-the price to pay for support MSRPC printing calls and the design
-requirements laid out for Samba. Windows 9x clients do not require
-that the Samba host has a driver installed for the given printer.
-Samba does not use these drivers in any way to process spooled files.
-They are utilized entirely by the clients.
+clients. A bug existed in Samba 2.2.0 which made Windows NT/2000 clients
+require that the Samba server possess a valid driver for the printer.
+This is fixed in Samba 2.2.1 and once again, Windows NT/2000 clients
+can use the local APW for installing drivers to be used with a Samba
+served printer. This is the same behavior exhibited by Windows 9x clients.
+As a side note, Samba does not use these drivers in any way to process
+spooled files. They are utilized entirely by the clients.
</para>
+
+<para>
+The following MS KB article, may be of some help if you are dealing with
+Windows 2000 clients: <emphasis>How to Add Printers with No User
+Interaction in Windows 2000</emphasis>
+</para>
+
+<para>
+<ulink url="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/1/05.ASP">http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q189/1/05.ASP</ulink>
+</para>
+
</sect1>
@@ -223,8 +234,10 @@ that matches the printer shares defined on your Samba host.
<para>The initial listing of printers in the Samba host's
Printers folder will have no real printer driver assigned
-to them. By default, Samba set the driver name to
+to them. By default, in Samba 2.2.0 this driver name was set to
<emphasis>NO PRINTER DRIVER AVAILABLE FOR THIS PRINTER</emphasis>.
+Later versions changed this to a NULL string to allow the use
+tof the local Add Printer Wizard on NT/2000 clients.
Attempting to view the printer properties for a printer
which has this default driver assigned will result in
the error message:</para>