7.1.7.2 Create a printer definition file

You can create a printer definition file by using the make_ printerdef script in the /usr/local/samba/bin directory. In order to use this script, you need to copy over the following four files from a Windows client:[ 1]

[1] Older Windows 95 clients may have only the first two files.

Once you have the four files, you can create a printer definition file using the appropriate printer driver and its .INF file. If the printer driver starts with the letters A-K, use either the MSPRINT.INF file or the MSPRINT3.INF file. If it begins with the letters L-Z, use the MSPRINT2.INF file or the MSPRINT4.INF file. You may need to grep through each of the files to see where your specific driver is. For the following example, we have located our driver in MSPRINT3.INF and created a printer definition file for a HP DeskJet 560C printer:

$grep "HP DeskJet 560C Printer" MSPRINT.INF MSPRINT3.INF
MSPRINT3.INF: "HP DeskJet 560C Printer"=DESKJETC.DRV,HP_DeskJet_ ...

$make_printerdef MSPRINT3.INF "HP DeskJet 560C Printer" >printers.def
FOUND:DESKJETC.DRV
End of section found
CopyFiles: DESKJETC,COLOR_DESKJETC
Datasection: (null)
Datafile: DESKJETC.DRV
Driverfile: DESKJETC.DRV
Helpfile: HPVDJC.HLP
LanguageMonitor: (null)

Copy the following files to your printer$ share location:
DESKJETC.DRV
HPVCM.HPM
HPVIOL.DLL
HPVMON.DLL
HPVRES.DLL
HPCOLOR.DLL
HPVUI.DLL
HPVDJCC.HLP
color\HPDESK.ICM

Note the files that the script asks you to copy. You'll need those for the next step.