| 1 | CIFS/SMB port driver for eCS (OS/2) Version 1.0-RC4-20090314
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| 2 | ============================================================
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| 3 |
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| 4 | Building upon work from Serge Sterck (lpr32 port driver) and Paul Smedley
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| 5 | (initial modifications to use lpr32 port driver source for Samba), I was
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| 6 | able to create a working port driver to access remote printers shared via
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| 7 | CIFS/SMB (this is Samba, Windows ...).
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| 8 |
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| 9 | Prerequisites:
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| 10 | --------------
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| 11 |
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| 12 | - libc064x.dll must reside in LIBPATH
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| 13 | Get it from from http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/samba/index.html
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| 14 | - smbspool.exe must reside in PATH
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| 15 |
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| 16 | How to install smb.pdr:
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| 17 | -----------------------
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| 18 |
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| 19 | Install the port driver like any other port driver:
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| 20 | - Go to printer properties install new port
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| 21 | - Give the path where the pdr is located (or copy the smb.pdr
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| 22 | directly to x:\os2\dll, where x is your boot drive)
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| 23 |
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| 24 | Configuration of the port:
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| 25 | --------------------------
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| 26 |
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| 27 | Double click on the port icon SMBx on the "Output Port" page
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| 28 | of the printer settings page.
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| 29 |
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| 30 | Enter workgroup name (optional).
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| 31 |
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| 32 | Enter IP address or name (Hostname or NetBIOS name) of the
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| 33 | printer server (obligatory).
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| 34 |
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| 35 | Enter shared printer name (obligatory).
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| 36 |
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| 37 | Enter username (default is "guest").
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| 38 |
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| 39 | Enter password (default is none i.e. leave empty).
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| 40 |
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| 41 | Enter number of copies to be spooled to the printer (default is 1)
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| 42 | This supports smbspool.exe's copies option (this only makes sense in case
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| 43 | there is no other way to print multiple copies of a document using options
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| 44 | provided by applications or printer drivers).
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| 45 |
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| 46 | NOTE: Due to a change in the order of the stored parameters RC4 is
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| 47 | partly incompatible to previous builds in case you have defined a password!
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| 48 |
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| 49 | If you see nonsense in the copies field, reenter your password and set
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| 50 | the number of copies appropriately. This only happens when using RC4 or
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| 51 | better for the first time when RC3 or earlier was installed before.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | Save properties.
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| 54 |
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| 55 | Have fun!
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| 56 |
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| 57 | Herwig Bauernfeind, March 2009
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