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| 2 | This directory holds sources for a Win32 test utility to test the "spoolss"
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| 3 | (print spool subsystem) functions of either a Windows or a Samba server. The
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| 4 | sources are known to build with (free as in beer) Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
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| 5 | Express Edition's "nmake.exe" on Windows XP Professional.
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| 6 |
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| 7 |
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| 8 | How to build
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| 9 | ------------
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| 10 |
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| 11 | Use the Microsoft "nmake" command to build the *.exe. This command is in your
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| 12 | %path% if you start the "Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt" from your Start
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| 13 | menu.
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| 14 |
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| 15 | Currently the real build target is named "testspoolss.exe". Run
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| 16 |
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| 17 | nmake /f Makefile
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| 18 |
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| 19 | to build the testspoolss.exe. After a successfull build you may want to clean up
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| 20 | temporary files:
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| 21 |
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| 22 | nmake /f Makefile cleantmp
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| 23 |
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| 24 |
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| 25 | How to use
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| 26 | ----------
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| 27 |
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| 28 | Running testspoolss.exe with no additional params displays a short usage info.
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| 29 |
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| 30 | ..............................................................................
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| 31 | usage: testspoolss.exe <name> [print] [samba3] [architecture=ARCHITECTURE]
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <name> can be a server or printer name URI
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| 34 | [print] will print all data that has been retrieved
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| 35 | from the printserver
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| 36 | [samba3] will skip some tests samba servers are known
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| 37 | not to have implemented
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| 38 | [architecture=X] allows to define a specific
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| 39 | architecture to test with. choose between:
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| 40 | "Windows NT x86" or "Windows x64"
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| 41 | ..............................................................................
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| 42 |
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| 43 | The utility may be most useful if you use the "print" parameter to output all
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| 44 | data received from the print server. You may re-direct the data into log files
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| 45 | for later evaluation like this:
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| 47 | testspoolss.exe \\smbserver print samba3 1>smbserver.log 2>smbserver.err
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| 48 | testspoolss.exe \\smbserver print 1>smbserver.log 2>smbserver.err
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| 49 | testspoolss.exe \\winserver print 1>winserver.log 2>winserver.err
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| 50 |
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| 51 | One interesting source of learning could be to compare the output for (maybe
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| 52 | "the same") printers/drivers as installed on a Windows and on a Samba print
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| 53 | server:
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| 55 | testspoolss.exe \\winserver\printername print 1>winprinter.log 2>winprinter.err
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| 56 | testspoolss.exe \\smbserver\printername print 1>smbprinter.log 2>smbprinter.err
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| 57 |
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| 58 | and then compare the respective log files with a diff utility of your choice.
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| 59 | To install "the same" printer/driver on a Samba server as on a Windows server,
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| 60 | you can use the Samba "net" utility, which has the following syntax:
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| 61 |
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| 62 | net rpc printer MIGRATE PRINTERS printername \
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| 63 | --server=winserver \
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| 64 | --destination=smbserver \
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| 65 | -UAdministrator%secretpassword
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