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1CIFS/SMB port driver for eCS (OS/2) Version 1.0-3-20130502
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3
4Building upon work from Serge Sterck (lpr32 port driver) and Paul Smedley
5(initial modifications to use lpr32 port driver source for Samba), I was
6able to create a working port driver to access remote printers shared via
7CIFS/SMB (this is Samba, Windows ...).
8
9This release has several problems/omissions/enhancements fixed by Alex Taylor
10(see changelog).
11
12Prerequisites:
13--------------
14
15- libc064x.dll must reside in LIBPATH
16 Get it from from http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/samba/index.html
17- smbspool.exe must reside in PATH
18
19How to install smb.pdr:
20-----------------------
21
22Install the port driver like any other port driver:
23- Go to printer properties install new port
24- Give the path where the pdr is located (or copy the smb.pdr
25 directly to x:\os2\dll, where x is your boot drive)
26
27Configuration of the port:
28--------------------------
29
30Double click on the port icon SMBx on the "Output Port" page
31of the printer settings page.
32
33Enter workgroup name (optional).
34
35Enter IP address or name (Hostname or NetBIOS name) of the
36printer server (obligatory).
37
38Enter shared printer name (obligatory).
39
40Enter username (default is "guest").
41
42Enter password (default is none i.e. leave empty).
43
44Enter number of copies to be spooled to the printer (default is 1)
45This supports smbspool.exe's copies option (this only makes sense in case
46there is no other way to print multiple copies of a document using options
47provided by applications or printer drivers).
48
49NOTE: Due to a change in the order of the stored parameters RC4 is
50partly incompatible to previous builds in case you have defined a password!
51
52If you see nonsense in the copies field, reenter your password and set
53the number of copies appropriately. This only happens when using RC4 or
54better for the first time when RC3 or earlier was installed before.
55
56Save properties.
57
58Have fun!
59
60Herwig Bauernfeind, April 2009
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