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1. Client Filename Workstation Access Description novell iprint xclient sh Security high Limited Requires workstation users to be defined release date i586 rpm access to the print with Ippasswd to install delete or system administer printers on the workstation When performing any of these print operations the user is challenged for a password By default the iPrint Printer List Web page installs this RPM file novell iprint xclient sl Security low Unlimited Allows all users of the workstation to release date i586 rpm access to the print install delete or administer printers and svstem print jobs on the workstation including printers and print jobs of other users The above clients do not affect installation of the iPrint Client just access to the workstation print svstem Also these clients do not limit printing capabilities IMPORTANT To install the iPrint Client you need root permissions To upload drivers you from the system you need to be defined with Ippasswd otherwise when you attempt to add drivers from the system the driver list is blank To define a user to be part of Ippasswd you can use the following command lppasswd a linux user account g sys During the installation of NLD Support Pack 2 or while using YaST to install the iPrint Client later the high security client is installed by default unless you change the selection to the other client For more information on the client installed on your NLD2. at http server IP address or dns name ipp 2 From the list of available printers select the printer you want to install During the printer installation iPrint downloads and installs the printer driver called a PPD file if one is associated with the printer and installs the printer on the user s workstation The first time a printer is installed this PPD file is forced to the workstation even if the workstation contains a newer PPD file Using Location Based Printing Web Pages Location based printing lets vou use vour Web browser to select printers based on locations bv using a list view or a map both of which are created by your iPrint administrator Removing iPrint Printers To remove iPrint printers use the CUPS management utilitv included with vour Linux distribution GNOME users can use the printer folder in System gt Personal Settings gt Print and KDE users can use the Printing Manager in N gt Utilities gt Printing gt Printing Manager GNOME users of Novell Linux Desktop NLD running SUSE 9 cannot delete printers If security is not an issue and you are running the low security iPrint Linux Client you can use the following instructions to configure GNOME so that all desktop users can add and delete printers WARNING The following procedure should be implemented only if security is not an issue because it lets all users of the desktop access the print system 1 On the NLD workstation log in as root 2 Edit e
3. pathname can be written with a backslash for some platforms or a forward slash for other platforms the pathname is presented with a backslash Users of platforms that require a forward slash such as Linux or UNIX should use forward slashes as required by your software User Comments We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation included with this product Please use the User Comment feature at the bottom of each page of the online documentation or go to www novell com documentation feedback html and enter your comments there Documentation Updates For the latest version of this documentation see the Novell Linux Desktop documentation http www novell com documentation Ig nld index html Web site Additional Documentation The Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide can be accessed using the Help Center To access the Help Center click Help gt User s Manual For information about installing and administering NLD see the Novell Linux Desktop Deployment Guide http www novell com documentation nld nld_deployment data front html Preface 7 Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide Setting Up iPrint on Client Workstations When installing Novell Linux Desktop Support Pack 2 or later you can select to install the iPrint Linux Client The iPrint Client lets you easily install printers using your Web browser The following sections help you understand and use the iPri
4. to the list of applications launched at login otherwise print jobs are not be submitted to the secure printer NOTE This does not apply when printing to nonsecure printers or using the KDE desktop 1 From the GNOME desktop click System gt Personal Settings 2 Under the System section click Sessions 3 Click the Startup Programs tab gt Add 4 For the Startup Command enter opt novell iprint bin iprint listener 5 Click OK gt Close Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide 6 Load the iprint listener by either running the command in Step 4 or by logging out and logging in again The iprint listener is automatically loaded the next time you log in If iprint listener is not running jobs submitted to secure iPrint printers are held in the local client queue To release the jobs start iprint listener and then resume the job on the printer Installing Printers Depending on how vour administrator has configured vour iPrint svstem vou install iPrint printers in one of the following ways Contact your administrator for details on how you should access the iPrint svstem Using the iPrint Printer List Web Page iPrint generates a list of printers associated with a Print Manager that can be used to install the iPrint Client install an Print printer or check the status and configuration of a printer including a list of print jobs 1 Enter the iPrint URL in vour Web browser Address field The Print Printer List is located
5. workstation consult with your network administrator Printing to Secure printers When installing a secure iPrint printer you might be prompted twice for your username and password First you are prompted to provide your network credentials to verify that you have access to the printer it would be no use installing a printer that would not allow you to print The second prompt is for CUPS to ensure you have rights to install printers on the client machine Each time you perform a print operation with a secure printer you are prompted for your username and password If you installed CASA Common Authentication Services Adapter your credentials are cached Printing to secure printers is supported only when you are logged in to the desktop If for any reason the CUPS iPrint backend cannot deliver the job to a secure printer the job is requeued on the client with a hold Xou can then see the held job and release it after you log in to the desktop Installing the iPrint Linux Client Requirement U In order for iPrint to work properly your workstation needs to have a Mozilla based browser such as Firefox which is included with NLD If it is not already installed KDE users should use YaST to install Firefox Setting Up iPrint on Client Workstations 11 Procedure You can install in the iPrint Client during NLD Support Pack 2 installation or using VAST after NID is installed Installing during NLD Installation Shortiv after the i
6. your installed printer attempts to communicate CUPS moves the printer into an error state and holds all print jobs To release print jobs use a printer management utility to restart the printer Using iprintcmd The Linux iPrint Client includes the iprintemd utility that lets you install printers print test pages and upload drivers to a driver store from a console prompt The iprintcmd utility is located in opt novell iprint bin iprintcmd Use the following parameters when executing the iprintemd command Parameter Description a or addprinter printer_uri Installs the specified printer d or delprinter printer_uri Removes the specified printer g or getdefault Displays the default printer installed on the workstation h or help Displays help for the command j or listjobs printer uri Lists the print jobs for the specified printer that are on the server in a pending or printing state 14 Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide Syntax Example Uninstalling Parameter Description P or ppdlist Lists the PPDs installed on this workstation s or setdefault printer_uri Sets the specified printer as default t or testpage printer_uri Prints a test page to the specified printer u or upload ids_uri ids_user ppd Uploads the specified PPD files to the indicated driver store where ids_uri is the IP address or DNS name for the driver store ids_user is the username with
7. Novell Linux Desktop 9 e IPRINT CLIENT USER GUIDE Julv 2005 Novell Legal Notices Novell Inc makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this documentation and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further Novell Inc reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to its content at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes Further Novell Inc makes no representations or warranties with respect to any software and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further Novell Inc reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software at any time without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes You may not use export or re export this product in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including without limitation U S export regulations or the laws of the country in which you reside Copyright 2005 Novell Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced photocopied stored on a retrieval system or transmitted without the express written consent of the publisher Novell Inc has intellectual property rights relating to technology embodied in the product that is described in this document In particu
8. b 11 Procedure ave ewer ae E ee RS eh eee Peek BEA Ie i Pate a eo ke Yas 12 Additional Configuration for Secure Printers with GNOME 12 Installing Printers e e 05 ee ee due de dans neue Pe a Be be we ee 13 Using the Print Printer List Web Page 13 Using Location Based Printing Web Pages 13 RemoyingiPrint Print ers soc Guen BP ei Pee eS A BO AA E MU EG 13 Managing Print Jobs from the Client 14 Using je Le ta ba Mat Sa rs a ek le Le dt a tee ns De SRE es RARE Large de 14 SVNtAX a il ba rc Eee Sins CR ae ere Bs a Le R Be hd Corp ee BS ee de 15 Example s acetate die oe EA dete E ee OS ee eA es See ee Se ee 15 Uninstalling the iPrint Client 2 2 ee 15 Contents 5 6 Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide Preface This manual is designed to introduce you to the iPrint Linux Client include with Novell Linux Desktop NLD and show you how to configure printing on your desktop This guide contains information about Setting Up iPrint on Client Workstations on page 9 Documentation Conventions In Novell documentation a greater than symbol gt is used to separate actions within a step and items in a cross reference path A trademark symbol ce TM etc denotes a Novell trademark An asterisk denotes a third party trademark When a single
9. lar and without limitation these intellectual property rights may include one or more of the U S patents listed at http www novell com company legal patents and one or more additional patents or pending patent applications in the U S and in other countries Novell Inc 404 Wyman Street Suite 500 Waltham MA 02451 U S A www novell com Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide Julv 2005 Online Documentation To access the online documentation for this and other Novell products and to get updates see www novell com documentation Novell Trademarks Novell is a registered trademark of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE LINUX AG a Novell business Third Party Materials All third party trademarks are the property of their respective owners 4 Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide Contents Preface 7 1 Setting Up Print on Client Workstations 9 Understanding IP Tide 2 045 E EE des Pee ee RME D A an ob ei OS fu re 9 iPrint Manager 2 34 4 4 8 La lo huge du habe hod de be eut bee hee be de ee 9 IPrint Client six ba ee Ben RE RCA ga POLE Le DE a E RE GER vl DE Du EL 9 Understanding Security 2 gt s ei sera trar erre A him ee ee A eh de 10 Printing to Secure printers 1 21 32 Sew Bh Sea See dE EA SS UT El Sk 11 Installing the Print Linux Client 2 8 11 Requirement sUr 24 du sa Dale Aelia Sas MLE AN Ka Sree ee Bak Be ee A D Sara te
10. nstallation program begins vou can choose to install the iPrint client using the following steps Xou can also install the client when the installation is finished bv selecting the Start YAST Control Center check box on the Installation Complete page 1 After selecting your preferred desktop scroll down the list of Installation Settings and click Software 2 Click Detailed Selection 3 Change the Filter to Search and search for iPrint 4 Select the iPrint Client you want installed For more information about the iPrint Linux Client see iPrint Client on page 9 or contact your network administrator 5 Optional Search for and select CASA Common Authentication Service Adapter CASA retains your username and password for printers that require authentication 6 Click Accept Installing after NLD Installation 1 Start YaST then click Install and Remove Software 2 Search for iPrint 3 Select the iPrint Client you want installed For more information about the iPrint Linux Client see iPrint Client on page 9 or contact your network administrator 4 Optional Search for and select CASA Common Authentication Service Adapter CASA retains your username and password for printers that require authentication 5 Click Accept Additional Configuration for Secure Printers with GNOME 12 Users of the GNOME desktop that are printing to secure printers printers that require you to authenticate must add the iprint listener
11. nt client Understanding iPrint on page 9 Understanding Security on page 10 Installing the Print Linux Client on page 11 Installing Printers on page 13 Managing Print Jobs from the Client on page 14 Using iprintemd on page 14 Uninstalling the Print Client on page 15 Understanding Print The Print system consists of two pieces the Print Manager that runs on the server and the Print Client that runs on the workstation Print Manager The Print Manager does the following Spools print jobs from clients Sends print jobs to printers Maintains printer status information Manages the print database Maintains the Print Printer List page used to install and monitor printers Print Client The iPrint Client lets Linux workstations install Print printers and includes the following components Browser plug in The Print Client contains a browser plug in for Mozilla based browsers This plug in lets you install printers into CUPS using your Web browser Console utility The Linux iPrint client includes the iprntemd utility that lets you install printers print test pages and upload drivers to a driver store from a console prompt For more information see Using iprintemd on page 14 Setting Up Print on Client Workstations 9 CUPS Integrator The client integrates with the CUPS backend and uses the CUPS local spooler to send print j
12. obs to the Print Manager CASA CASA Common Authentication Services Adapter is a separate package that you install with the iPrint client to cache your username and password for secure printers If you do not access secure printers then you do not need CASA Description Using iPrint Msssssssss iPrint Manager Application Printer The following steps are taken when installing a printer and printing to it 1 Using your Web browser you access the iPrint Printers List or a custom map as specified by your administrator 2 When you click a printer in the list or on a map the iPrint plug in creates the printer and installs the associated PostScript Printer Definition PPD file in CUPS After a printer is installed you do not need to repeat this process for the same printer 3 With the iPrint printer installed you can print from any application as you normally would The printer appears as printer in your printer list The application sends the print job to CUPS for processing 4 CUPS gives the print job to the iPrint backend which sends it to the iPrint Manager When the printer is ready the iPrint Manager sends the job to the printer Understanding Security The Linux iPrint Client is packaged in two different specialized installations that control access to the workstation s print system The following table explains the differences between the two clients 10 Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide
13. rights to add drivers to the driver store and ppd is the directory path and filename to the PPD files You can use wildcards in the PPD filename U or upload RMS rms uri rms user Uploads the specified PPD files to the indicated rms_address ppd Broker where rms_uri is the IP address or DNS name for the Broker s associated print manager rms_user is the username with rights to add drivers to the Broker rms address is the IP address or DNS name of the Broker and ppd is the directory path and filename to the PPD files You can use wildcards in the PPD filename V or version server uri server user Displavs the server platform and version information where server uri is the URI for the server and server user is a valid user for the server iprintcmd parameters IMPORTANT You must use quotes around parameter information that contains a space such as printer names and printer drivers To install a printer named Color Printer 1 and set it as the default printer you would enter the following for nonsecure printing iprintcmd a ipp printing mv companv com ipp Color Printer 1 NOTE You should use ipp instead of http or https the iPrint Client You can remove the iPrint Linux Client RPM from a terminal prompt using the following commands depending on the client installed rpm e novell iprint xclient sh rpm e novell iprint xclient lh NOTE When you uninstall the Linux iPrint Client all iPrint prin
14. tc sudoers and add the following line to the end of the file ALL ALL NOPASSWD opt gnome bin gnome cups manager 3 Edit opt gnome share control center 2 0 capplets printconf desktop by doing the following Change TryExec gnome cups manager to TryExec gnome cups manager root Setting Up iPrint on Client Workstations 13 Change Exec gnome cups manager to Exec gnome cups manager root 4 Create a text file with the following bin bash sudo opt gnome bin gnome cups manager 5 Save the file as opt gnome bin gnome cups manager root 6 Open a terminal as user root and change the permissions of the bin gnome cups manager root file by executing the following command chmod 755 opt gnome bin gnome cups manager root To test the new settings 1 Log in to GNOME as a normal user not as root not root 2 Click System gt Personal Settings 3 Double click Printers 4 In the Printers folder right click a printer If the Remove menu item is listed then the procedure worked correctly If the Remove item is not listed repeat the procedure again Managing Print Jobs from the Client Users can monitor and manage their own print jobs from their workstations using the CUPS management utility included with your Linux distribution GNOME users can use the printer folder in System gt Personal Settings gt Print and KDE users can use the KJobViewer in N gt Utilities gt Printing gt Print Jobs NOTE If the iPrint server is busy when
15. ters remain installed on the workstation and you can still print to the printers until the printer is deleted from the workstation Setting Up iPrint on Client Workstations 15 16 Novell Linux Desktop iPrint Client User Guide
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