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Imprints (Installation Manager of Printer driver
Retreival and Installation for Samba) is a project to
implement a UNIX equivalent of the Windows NT Add Printer Wizard (APW).
The project has been taken on in part by the
Samba Team, VA Linux
Systems Professional Services Group and Hewlett-Packard. The Imprints toolset seeks
to provide central repository for users and administrators
to locate, download, and install all variations Window
95/98/NT printer drivers on Samba print servers.
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News
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Server and Database Installation Guide Available
posted 10/16/2000 at 11:35 EDT
A guide to installing and setting up the Imprints
retrieval server and database is available here. The guide is
for printer vendors and system administrators
who need to set up the back end Imprints data base
and repository.
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Test Retrieval Server On-Line
posted 06/13/2000 at 16:15 EDT
The Retrieval Server is a perl CGI program that
lets a client application get information on the
location of available Windows Printer Driver Package
files. It allows queries in the form described in
its design
document. It can be queried from a web browser.
Some sample queries are
here,
here,
and here.
The source code (in perl) for the retrieval server, and
sample database and configuration files, are available in
the Imprints
CVS repository
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Package Design Documents Are Now Available
posted 06/05/2000 at 13:10 EDT
The Imprints System is designed to let users
and SysAdmins download Windows Printer Drivers
and associated files from a remote location.
These drivers and files are then installed
for use by Samba. To make retrieval and installation
easier, the driver files are packaged together.
This document
explains the proposed package
structure.
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Imprints Database Design Document Available
posted 05/26/2000 at 16:05 EDT
The preliminary design document for the
Imprints Database has been posted in
HTML format. It's available in the
Documentation Section of the Imprints Home
page.
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Retrieval Server Design Document Available
posted 05/22/2000 at 15:45 EDT
The preliminary design document for the
Imprints Retrieval Server has been posted in
HTML format. It's available in the
Documentation Section of the Imprints Home
page.
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