Iprint Linux Administration Guide
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Open Enterprise Server 11 SP3 iPrint Linux Administration Guide November 2016 Legal Notices For information about legal notices, trademarks, disclaimers, warranties, export and other use restrictions, U.S. Government rights, patent policy, and FIPS compliance, see https://www.novell.com/company/legal/. Copyright © 2005 - 2016 Micro Focus Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Contents About This Guide 9 1 Overview 11 1.1 Introduction to iPrint . 11 1.2 iPrint Component Overview . 12 1.2.1 Print Manager . 13 1.2.2 Driver Store . 13 1.2.3 iPrint Client . 14 1.2.4 iManager . 15 1.2.5 Apache Web Server. 16 1.3 Understanding Port Usage. 16 1.4 iPrint Solutions . 17 1.4.1 Printing Across the Internet . 17 1.4.2 Printing at a Remote Office . 17 1.4.3 Printing Instead of Faxing . 18 1.4.4 Accounting With iPrint . 19 1.5 What’s Next . 19 2 What’s New or Changed in Novell iPrint 21 2.1 What’s New (OES 11 SP3 and OES 11 SP2 November 2016 Patches) . 21 2.2 What’s New (OES 11 SP3). 21 2.3 What’s New (OES 11 SP2 August 2016 Patches) . 21 2.4 What’s New (OES 11 SP2 November 2015 Patches) . 22 2.5 What’s New (OES 11 SP2 September 2015 Patches) . 22 2.6 What’s New (OES 11 SP2 July 2015 Patches) . 22 2.7 What’s New (OES 11 SP2 March 2015 Patches). 23 2.8 What’s New (OES 11 SP2). 23 2.9 What’s New (OES 11 SP1). 24 3 Installing and Setting Up iPrint on Your Server 27 3.1 Installing iPrint Software. 27 3.2 Installing and Configuring iPrint Services through YaST . 28 3.3 Setting Up iPrint . 29 3.3.1 Accessing and Using iManager . 30 3.3.2 Creating a Driver Store . 31 3.3.3 Changing the eDirectory Server Assignment. 32 3.3.4 Managing Printer Drivers . 32 3.3.5 Managing Driver Stores . 34 3.3.6 Creating a Print Manager. 35 3.3.7 Creating a Printer. 38 3.4 Upgrading to Novell iPrint . 38 3.4.1 Migrating iPrint from NetWare to OES . 38 3.4.2 Migrating an Existing NDPS Print System to iPrint on OES . 38 3.5 Setting up iPrint on the NSS File System. 39 3.5.1 Running the iprint_nss_relocate script . 39 3.6 What’s Next . 40 Contents 3 4 Installing and Setting Up iPrint on Client Workstations 41 4.1 Installing the iPrint Client . 41 4.1.1 Linux: iPrint Client . 41 4.1.2 Macintosh: iPrint Client . 44 4.1.3 Windows: iPrint Client . 45 4.2 Installing Printers . 49 4.2.1 Using the iPrint Printer List Web Page on Windows . 49 4.2.2 Using the iPrint Printer List Web Page on Macintosh . 50 4.2.3 Creating Location-Based Printing Web Pages. 52 4.2.4 Uninstalling iPrint Printers . 52 4.3 Updating the iPrint Client . 53 4.4 Managing Print Jobs from the Client . 53 4.5 Windows Client: Using Additional Features . 54 4.5.1 Updating the iPrint Client . 54 4.5.2 Using the iPrint Client Icon . 54 4.5.3 Configuring the iPrint Client Settings . 54 4.5.4 Implementing iPrint by Using the Command Line . 57 4.5.5 Using iPrint with NetIdentity. 59 4.5.6 Managing Global Actions through Iprint.ini . 59 4.6 Using iprntcmd on Linux and Macintosh . 62 4.7 Windows Client: Additional Features . 63 4.7.1 Automatically Removing a Printer from the Client Workstation . 63 4.7.2 Auto Redirection of Printer. 64 4.7.3 Auto Driver/Profile Update . 64 4.7.4 Using the iPrint Client Icon . 64 4.8 Macintosh Client: Additional Features . ..