Adding printer drivers patch from Jean-Francois Micouleau

<Jean-Francois.Micouleau@utc.fr>. We can expand on this after
we have tested it out.
Jeremy.

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+==========================================================================
+	Supporting the famous PRINTER$ share
+ 
+ 	Jean-Francois.Micouleau@utc.fr, 10/26/97
+
+===========================================================================
+
+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$]
+   		  path=/usr/local/samba/printer
+   		  public=yes
+   		  writable=no
+   		  browseable=yes
+
+	Second, you have to build the list of the drivers required for a specific
+	printer. This is the most complicated thing to do. Get the files
+	'msprint.inf' and 'msprint2.inf' from Windows 95, the easiest way is to
+	grab them from a working Windows 95 computer. They are usually located
+	in 'c:\windows\inf'. Look in them for the printer you have. Run the new
+	program 'mkprinterdef' with the file name and the printer name as
+	parameters.
+	Example:
+		
+	mkprinterdef msprint.def "Apple LaserWriter" >>/usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def
+	 
+	Copy also all the files into the directory you created in step 1     
+	
+	Third, you need to add 2 new parameters in smb.conf. One is in the
+	[global] section, called 'driver file' pointing to the file description,
+	and the other in each printer share, called 'driver location' pointing
+	to where the client will get the drivers. Don't forget to set correctly
+	the printer driver parameter to the Windows printer name.
+	Example:
+	
+		[global]
+  		  driver file=/usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def
+
+		[lp]
+		   comment = My old printer laser
+		   browseable = yes
+		   printable = yes
+		   public = yes
+		   writable = no
+		   create mode = 0700
+		   printer driver=Apple LaserWriter
+		   driver location=\\JOKER\PRINTER$
+
+	JOKER is in my case my 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
+