samba - Jan 2003 - Using working devmode from windows clients on samba server?

Samba 2.2.7a (built from samba RPM's) with LPRng print subsystem.

I've been having troubles with some print drivers which fail to work
properly when uploaded to the samba server whether devmode gets left as
null or a default devmode is used.  Some drivers do not leave you in a
position where you can "tickle" the driver to generate a devmode with
page orientation etc before things start misbehaving.  Stuff usually
works when the client installs their own drivers locally.  Is there any
way to grab the devmode generated by the windows clients and inject it
some place in samba's files to get a working devmode so driver downloads
with spools can work with these drivers?

Thanks for any suggestions,
~ Daniel







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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 daniel.jarboe@custserv.com wrote:
> Samba 2.2.7a (built from samba RPM's) with LPRng print subsystem.
> 
> I've been having troubles with some print drivers which fail to work
> properly when uploaded to the samba server whether devmode gets left as
> null or a default devmode is used.  Some drivers do not leave you in a
> position where you can "tickle" the driver to generate a devmode
with
> page orientation etc before things start misbehaving.  Stuff usually
> works when the client installs their own drivers locally.  Is there any
> way to grab the devmode generated by the windows clients and inject it
> some place in samba's files to get a working devmode so driver
downloads
> with spools can work with these drivers?
Not without writing some win32 code.  Effectively what you could do is to 
create a local printer and then use GetPrinter() to grab the devmode of 
the local printer.  Then run  GetPrinter() on the remote Samba printer to 
get the current properties and issue a SetPrinter() with the new devmode.

If you have problems with this I can code it up in a few minutes.
Let me know.  I should have done this a long time ago probably.



cheers, jerry
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>> Stuff usually works when the client installs their own drivers
locally.
>> Is there any way to grab the devmode generated by the windows clients
>> and inject it some place in samba's files to get a working devmode
so
>> driver downloads with spools can work with these drivers?
>
> Not without writing some win32 code.  Effectively what you could do is
> to create a local printer and then use GetPrinter() to grab the
devmode
> of the local printer.  Then run  GetPrinter() on the remote Samba
printer
> to get the current properties and issue a SetPrinter() with the new
> devmode.
> 
> If you have problems with this I can code it up in a few minutes.
> Let me know.  I should have done this a long time ago probably.
> 
Glad it's simple!  I'd really appreciate this, and I imagine others
would find it handy too.  I no longer have windows devel tools unless
you count VBA a la MS Office macros, so if you could find the time to
whip something together that would be great.  I really appreciate you
offering, thank you.

~ Daniel












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Any luck with this?

Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
> create a local printer and then use GetPrinter() to grab the 
> devmode of the local printer.  Then run  GetPrinter() on the
> remote Samba printer to get the current properties and issue
> a SetPrinter() with the new devmode.
> 
> If you have problems with this I can code it up in a few minutes.
> Let me know.  I should have done this a long time ago probably.
Also, "remote Samba printer" means the actual samba printer, not
one installed on the client, right?  So I could give the remote
Samba printer a working devmode on the server and *new* clients
can do the automatic driver download and have a working devmode
already set?

Thanks for letting me know,
~ Daniel






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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 daniel.jarboe@custserv.com wrote:
> Any luck with this?
Not yet.  Sorry.  Give me till Monday.
> Also, "remote Samba printer" means the actual samba printer, not
one
> installed on the client, right?  So I could give the remote Samba
> printer a working devmode on the server and *new* clients can do the
> automatic driver download and have a working devmode already set?
Yup.



cheers, jerry
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> > Any luck with this?
> 
> Not yet.  Sorry.  Give me till Monday.
> 
> > Also, "remote Samba printer" means the actual samba printer,
not one
> > installed on the client, right?  So I could give the remote Samba
> > printer a working devmode on the server and *new* clients can do the
> > automatic driver download and have a working devmode already set?
> 
> Yup.
Question again... once this is complete, will the copied devmode be set
for new printers when admin selects the driver from the drop down box
(Properties, Advanced tab, Driver:), or would admin need to run your
program to copy a devmode each time the new print share is created?

Thanks,
~ Daniel






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