[Samba] Experience on using Samba with XP SP2

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Thu Oct 21 13:11:46 GMT 2004


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Walter Willmertinger wrote:

| I did the local test (same windows driver version) and it
| takes not a  whole second to load the printer dialogue!
| As opposed to the samba printer (as default printer) 17
| seconds!


Walter,

That's an invalid test.  For a real comparison, you need to
install the driver on a remote Windows 2000 print server
and disable the "Advanced Printing Features".  Then connect
to the printer from your XP client and run the tests.





cheers, jerry
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