A.1 SAMBA_LPD - Point'n'Print Configuration using Windows XP

This section describes how the Point'n'Print functionality is configured using a Windows XP client.

First, the print server must be ``found''. This can i.e. be accomplished using the networking environment. (Fig. A.1 to A.5). In the current example the Workgroup is called ``GARDEN'' and the fli4l server ``ODIN''. The printer for which a driver should be installed is a Brother HL-2240D.

Figure A.1: Networking Environment: Desktop Symbol
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Figure A.2: Networking Environment: Common View
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Figure A.3: Networking Environment: Select the Network Type
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Figure A.4: Networking Environment: Select the Workgroup
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Figure A.5: Networking Environment: Select the fli4l print server
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When the fli4l print server is found, open a window that displays the services offered by double-clicking its icon. (Fig. A.6). Select ``Printer and Fax Devices''. The following list shows all printers shared by the fli4l server. Select the desired printer now and display its context menu entry ``Properties'' (Fig. A.7). You will get a message (Fig. A.8) stating that there is no driver installed for this printer (which is true). Cancel this message with ``No'' because the driver will get installed using another method.

Figure A.6: Server Services
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Figure A.7: Selection of printer properties
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Figure A.8: Printer driver missing (1)
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This will open the properties dialog. There you have to select the tab ``Advanced'' and then the button ``New Driver'' (Fig. A.9). This leads to the start of the ``Printer installation wizard'' (Fig. A.10). With ``Next'' proceed to the driver selection (Fig. A.11). If the desired driver is not found, select a path to a driver directory via ``Volume'' (i.e. a directory on the printer's installation CD) in this case a second list of drivers available there will be shown to choose a driver from (Fig. A.12). After confirming the selection by clicking ``Next '' a message will be displayed that the wizard has completed successfully. (Fig. A.13). However, this is not true because only after selecting the ``Finish'' the driver will be copied to the fli4l server and then activated there (Fig. A.14).

Figure A.9: Printer properties: Start of driver installation
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Figure A.10: Printer properties
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Figure A.11: Driver installation: Driver selection 1
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Figure A.12: Driver installation: Driver selection 2
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Figure A.13: Driver installation: Completing the wizard
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Figure A.14: Driver installation: Copying the driver
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Then you see in the properties dialog that the previously selected and installed driver is noted under ``Drivers'' (Fig. A.15). Now the Properties dialog must be terminated via ``OK''. Here again you get a message that the driver is missing (Fig. A.16), which is nonsense this time because the driver is now installed. Therefore select ``No'' here again to confirm that you really don't want to install a driver now. Now go back to the ``Printer and Fax devices'', Windows has renamed the printer according to the selected driver (Fig. A.17). This is not a problem, accessing the fli4l printer server is still possible.

Figure A.15: Driver installation completed
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Figure A.16: Printer driver missing(2)
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Figure A.17: Part 1 of the printer installation completed
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However, we are not done yet. The printer's default settings have to be set once. Go back to the printer properties dialog (Fig. A.7) and select the button ``Default settings'' in the tab ``Advanced''. (Fig. A.18). (This button was previously not displayed there, so we could not do this earlier). Now a driver-dependent dialog is opened (Fig. A.19). Specify the desired printer settings in this dialog. As a rule of thumb it is necessary to set the paper size from ``Letter'' to ``A4''. If all settings seem to be correct, it is nevertheless necessary to change a setting and restore it again - this is necessary for Windows to really store the settings on the fli4l server on exiting the dialog via ``OK''.

Figure A.18: Set the default values (1)
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Figure A.19: Set the default values (2)
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Now we really reached the end! The server-side configuration is complete. If you want to use the printer you just set up, you have to connect to it (Fig. A.20). The warning message that appears abaout the dangers of driver installation (Fig. A.21) must be confirmed. Then the printer connected appears in the printer environment (Fig. A.22). Here we go!

Figure A.20: Connect to the printer (1)
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Figure A.21: Connect to the printer (2)
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Figure A.22: Connected Printer in Printer Environment
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