| 1 | smbprint.exe - Samba Print Command for OS/2
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| 2 | ===========================================
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| 3 |
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| 4 | CONTENTS:
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| 5 |
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| 6 | A. Introduction
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| 7 | B. Installation
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| 8 | C. Limitations, To-Do list
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| 9 | D. FAQ
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| 10 | E. Author
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| 11 |
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| 12 | A. Introduction:
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| 13 |
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| 14 | The Samba Server requires an external print command script or program
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| 15 | to pick up the spoolfile, send it to the printer and remove it afterwards.
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| 16 |
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| 17 | This is what smbprint.exe does. It acts as a bridge between Samba and OS/2's
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| 18 | current printer subsystem.
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| 19 |
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| 20 | B. Installation:
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| 21 |
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| 22 | 1. Put smbprint.exe into the Samba directory (the one where smbd.exe resides).
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| 23 |
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| 24 | 2. Make sure you have VROBJ.DLL somewhere in your LIBPATH (should be there
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| 25 | anyway, as it comes with all recent OS/2 and eCS versions.
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| 26 |
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| 27 | 3. Add the following lines to the [global] section of smb.conf:
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| 28 |
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| 29 | printing = bsd
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| 30 |
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| 31 | 4. Add a printer section to smb.conf:
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| 32 |
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| 33 | Example:
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| 34 | ---------------------------<snip>-----------------------------------
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| 35 | ;Name of the printer share
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| 36 | [stylus]
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| 37 | ; Make sure this directory exists!
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| 38 | path = x:/samba/var/spool/stylus
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| 39 | create mask = 0700
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| 40 | printable = Yes
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| 41 | ; Do not change this line except the path to smbprint.exe!
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| 42 | ; smbprint.exe requires the parameters exactly in that order!
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| 43 | ; The "print command" may be added either separately for each
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| 44 | ; printer or in the [global] section. In this case is is used
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| 45 | ; for every printer
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| 46 | print command = x:/samba/smbprint.exe "%s" "%p" "%J" "%c" "%z"
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| 47 | ; Set the OS/2 printer queue (shown as "physical name" on the
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| 48 | ; first notebook page of a printer object) as the printer name.
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| 49 | ; This is required by smbprint.exe in order to know to which OS/2
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| 50 | ; printer a file should be printed.
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| 51 | printer name = OMNIStyl
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| 52 | ---------------------------<snap>-----------------------------------
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| 53 |
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| 54 | 5. Install the appropriate driver on the client.
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| 55 |
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| 56 | 6. You are done.
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| 57 |
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| 58 | C. Limitations, To-Do list:
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| 59 |
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| 60 | - smbprint should remember its position
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| 61 | - smbprint should be configurable to run optionally invisibly
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| 62 | - smbprint should have configurable fonts, colours etc.
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| 63 | - smbprint should have a wizard-like mode to add printers to smb.conf
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| 64 | (alternatively this might go into the (unreleased) Small Samba Config
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| 65 | Center).
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| 66 |
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| 67 | D. FAQ:
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| 68 |
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| 69 | 1. Q: Why this? A 'print command = PRINT.EXE /D:LPT1 /B %s' should be
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| 70 | sufficient.
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| 71 |
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| 72 | A: No, not at all. The spool files will not be removed and you only
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| 73 | can print to printers connected to LPTx, COMx but not to all others.
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| 74 | By using smbprint.exe you can print to ANY printer KNOWN to OS/2,
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| 75 | regardless how it is connected to your machine and the spoolfile
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| 76 | will be removed after printing. In addition the print job shows up
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| 77 | with the appropriate title in the OS/2 printer objects.
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| 78 |
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| 79 | E. Author:
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| 80 |
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| 81 | Herwig Bauernfeind, 31.08.2007
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| 82 | mailto:herwig.bauernfeind@aon.at
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