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author | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2001-05-03 18:15:13 +0000 |
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committer | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2001-05-03 18:15:13 +0000 |
commit | 2a9e5fe13e6446511e53293156ac1caa9d907548 (patch) | |
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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 index d8701d2ebd2..01a4cbd00aa 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/printer_driver2.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/printer_driver2.sgml @@ -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> |