samba - Sep 2001 - bug report: RPC printers document default setting

Hi,

First: thx to all the samba team members for the great job from years !!!

Now I can tell you the bug that annoy me (0:

I am using samba as print server in a big  windows (NT4 domain)
environnement (1000+ clients, 130+ queues). I recently tried using the new
RPC printers to centralize the drivers on the samba servers.

It seems that all works fine exept for a little bug:

I can put the drivers on the server with a authorized account
I can set default document setting from a windows client with the same
account (security = domain) to A4.

Hi,

Not Samba related, but most HP printers have an 'Auto Continue' option.
It
means that the printer will override A4/Letter paper sizes and print, no
matter which paper size the job was formatted for.

Don't know if other brands have this feature, we have mostly HP printers
here.

cheers
Gustavo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre KANOUNNIKOFF
> [mailto:alexandre_kanounnikoff@carrefour.com]
> Sent: ter?a-feira, 25 de setembro de 2001 07:19
> To: samba@samba.org
> Subject: bug report: RPC printers document default setting
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> First: thx to all the samba team members for the great job 
> from years !!!
> 
> Now I can tell you the bug that annoy me (0:
> 
> I am using samba as print server in a big  windows (NT4 domain)
> environnement (1000+ clients, 130+ queues). I recently tried 
> using the new
> RPC printers to centralize the drivers on the samba servers.
> 
> It seems that all works fine exept for a little bug:
> 
> I can put the drivers on the server with a authorized account
> I can set default document setting from a windows client with the same
> account (security = domain) to A4.
> From a windows client, I can access and browse and install 
> printers, but,
> the document default setting (french A4 for me) isn't correct :
> 
> When I print a test page from the windows driver properties, 
> it is formated
> in US letter and hang the printer (but in the driver default document
> properties A4 is selected !);  strange, when I print a 
> notepad or word doc
> for exemple it is correctly formated in A4 and prints fine. 
> Stranger, if I
> the printer name (in /ect/printcap and the service name in 
> smb.conf) is
> "lp", like the usual default unix local printer name, all is 
> correct (the
> test page from the print test page command is in A4). If I 
> recreate the
> same printer (same driver) with another name the "print test page
bug"
> arise again.
> 
> As I am afraid to have clients using applincations builded on the same
> process as the "print test page" function, I can't deploy the
> solution (if
> letter is send to the A4 printer user need to manually push 
> the paper).
> 
> If you need I can do other tests.
> 
> Greeting,
> 
> Alexandre Kanounnikoff
> 
> 
> Config:
> 
> Linux Slackware 7.1
> kernel 2.2.18
> samba 2.2.1a
> 
> 
> 
> 
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