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Signed-off-by: Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
38 lines
1.8 KiB
XML
38 lines
1.8 KiB
XML
<samba:parameter name="default devmode"
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context="S"
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type="boolean"
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xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
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<description>
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<para>This parameter is only applicable to <smbconfoption name="printable"/> services.
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When smbd is serving Printer Drivers to Windows NT/2k/XP clients, each printer on the Samba
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server has a Device Mode which defines things such as paper size and
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orientation and duplex settings. The device mode can only correctly be
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generated by the printer driver itself (which can only be executed on a
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Win32 platform). Because smbd is unable to execute the driver code
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to generate the device mode, the default behavior is to set this field
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to NULL.
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</para>
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<para>Most problems with serving printer drivers to Windows NT/2k/XP clients
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can be traced to a problem with the generated device mode. Certain drivers
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will do things such as crashing the client's Explorer.exe with a NULL devmode.
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However, other printer drivers can cause the client's spooler service
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(spoolsv.exe) to die if the devmode was not created by the driver itself
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(i.e. smbd generates a default devmode).
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</para>
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<para>This parameter should be used with care and tested with the printer
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driver in question. It is better to leave the device mode to NULL
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and let the Windows client set the correct values. Because drivers do not
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do this all the time, setting <command moreinfo="none">default devmode = yes</command>
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will instruct smbd to generate a default one.
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</para>
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<para>For more information on Windows NT/2k printing and Device Modes,
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see the <ulink url="http://msdn.microsoft.com/">MSDN documentation</ulink>.
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</para>
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</description>
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<value type="default">yes</value>
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</samba:parameter>
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