1Virtual line printer test program (vlp) 2======================================= 3 4This can be useful for testing/debugging Samba print code. It gives you a 5virtual full-function printer. 6 7Setup 8 91) Configure and build Samba. 10 For this to work, you need to add: 11 -DDEVELOPER 12 to your CFLAGS, and add: 13 --srcdir=<wherever your source is> 14 when running configure. Generally 15 ./configure --srcdir=`pwd` <other configure options> 16 should work. 17 182) Build and install vlp. 19 # cd testsuite/printing 20 # make -f Makefile.vlp vlp 21 # su 22 # cp vlp /usr/local/samba/bin 23 243) Set up Samba to use vlp. 25 In your smb.conf file under [global], add the following option: 26 printing = vlp 27 and then add any number of print shares, without needing to make them 28 really exist. 29 30 [testprinter] 31 printable = yes 32 33 is all you need for the most basic virtual printer. 34 35 36