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