2 This directory holds sources for a Win32 test utility to test the "spoolss"
3 (print spool subsystem) functions of either a Windows or a Samba server. The
4 sources are known to build with (free as in beer) Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
5 Express Edition's "nmake.exe" on Windows XP Professional.
11 Use the Microsoft "nmake" command to build the *.exe. This command is in your
12 %path% if you start the "Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt" from your Start
15 Currently the real build target is named "testspoolss.exe". Run
19 to build the testspoolss.exe. After a successfull build you may want to clean up
22 nmake /f Makefile cleantmp
28 Running testspoolss.exe with no additional params displays a short usage info.
30 ..............................................................................
31 usage: testspoolss.exe <name> [print] [samba3] [architecture=ARCHITECTURE]
33 <name> can be a server or printer name URI
34 [print] will print all data that has been retrieved
36 [samba3] will skip some tests samba servers are known
37 not to have implemented
38 [architecture=X] allows to define a specific
39 architecture to test with. choose between:
40 "Windows NT x86" or "Windows x64"
41 ..............................................................................
43 The utility may be most useful if you use the "print" parameter to output all
44 data received from the print server. You may re-direct the data into log files
45 for later evaluation like this:
47 testspoolss.exe \\smbserver print samba3 1>smbserver.log 2>smbserver.err
48 testspoolss.exe \\smbserver print 1>smbserver.log 2>smbserver.err
49 testspoolss.exe \\winserver print 1>winserver.log 2>winserver.err
51 One interesting source of learning could be to compare the output for (maybe
52 "the same") printers/drivers as installed on a Windows and on a Samba print
55 testspoolss.exe \\winserver\printername print 1>winprinter.log 2>winprinter.err
56 testspoolss.exe \\smbserver\printername print 1>smbprinter.log 2>smbprinter.err
58 and then compare the respective log files with a diff utility of your choice.
59 To install "the same" printer/driver on a Samba server as on a Windows server,
60 you can use the Samba "net" utility, which has the following syntax:
62 net rpc printer MIGRATE PRINTERS printername \
64 --destination=smbserver \
65 -UAdministrator%secretpassword