Hi all. With the release of 1.9.18, I had a few questions. The announce said this: Samba also provides automatic downloading of printer drivers for Microsoft Windows 95 (tm) clients, allowing it to completely replace Microsoft Windows NT servers for both file and printer services. I don't understand what this means. I have never had a problem installing the printer driver on the client, and just sending the raw data thru to the printer. Isn't this how its intended to be done? Thanks, Dave
Dave Wreski wrote:> > Hi all. With the release of 1.9.18, I had a few questions. The announce > said this: > > Samba also provides automatic downloading of printer drivers for > Microsoft Windows 95 (tm) clients, allowing it to completely replace > Microsoft Windows NT servers for both file and printer services. > > I don't understand what this means. I have never had a problem installing > the printer driver on the client, and just sending the raw data thru to > the printer. Isn't this how its intended to be done? > > Thanks, > DaveYes - the new code allows a Samba server to serve out the driver files to Windows 95 clients - we could always serve printers to them, but the new feature allows a Win95 box to click on 'install printer' and suck the driver files directly from the Samba server, just like NT ! Sorry for the marketing-speak :-). Refer to the release notes for what it *really* means (the "glossy" press release was meant for the computer magazines, really). Jeremy Allison, Samba Team. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Buying an operating system without source is like buying a self-assembly Space Shuttle with no instructions. --------------------------------------------------------
What will now happen if you enable this as described in the PRINTER_DRIVER.txt is this. 1. On Win95 client you select add printer and select a samba printer 2. Samba automaticall supplies the correct driver to Win95 (you no longer need to install the driver yourself). Dave Wreski wrote:> > Hi all. With the release of 1.9.18, I had a few questions. The announce > said this: > > Samba also provides automatic downloading of printer drivers for > Microsoft Windows 95 (tm) clients, allowing it to completely replace > Microsoft Windows NT servers for both file and printer services. > > I don't understand what this means. I have never had a problem installing > the printer driver on the client, and just sending the raw data thru to > the printer. Isn't this how its intended to be done? > > Thanks, > Dave-- =====================================================================Herb Lewis Silicon Graphics Technical Marketing 2011 N Shoreline Blvd Network Systems Division Mountain View, CA 94043 herb@sgi.com Tel: 650-933-2177 http://www.sgi.com Fax: 650-932-2177 ======================================================================
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Dave Wreski wrote:> > Hi all. With the release of 1.9.18, I had a few questions. The announce > said this: > > Samba also provides automatic downloading of printer drivers for > Microsoft Windows 95 (tm) clients, allowing it to completely replace > Microsoft Windows NT servers for both file and printer services. > > I don't understand what this means. I have never had a problem installing > the printer driver on the client, and just sending the raw data thru to > the printer. Isn't this how its intended to be done?it means that when you add a new printer your samba server and you go to the Win95 client and install the printer driver, it doesn't ask you "please insert disk 12" or "please insert win95 cd-rom": copies of the Win95 printer drivers are automatically downloaded from the samba server. luke