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www.novell.com/documentation OES 11: iPrint Linux Administration Guide Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 Beta July 23, 2012 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. Any products or technical information provided under this Agreement may be subject to U.S. export controls and the trade laws of other countries. You agree to comply with all export control regulations and to obtain any required licenses or classification to export, re‐export or import deliverables. You agree not to export or re‐export to entities on the current U.S. export exclusion lists or to any embargoed or terrorist countries as specified in the U.S. export laws. You agree to not use deliverables for prohibited nuclear, missile, or chemical biological weaponry end uses. See the Novell International Trade Services Web page for more information on exporting Novell software. Novell assumes no responsibility for your failure to obtain any necessary export approvals. Copyright © 2005–2012 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. 1800 South Novell Place Provo, UT 84606 U.S.A. www.novell.com Online Documentation: To access the latest online documentation for this and other Novell products, see the Novell Documentation Web page. 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. 17 1.3 Understanding Port Usage. 17 1.4 iPrint Solutions . 17 1.4.1 Printing Across the Internet . 17 1.4.2 Printing at a Remote Office . 18 1.4.3 Printing Instead of Faxing . 18 1.5 What’s Next . 19 2 What’s New or Changed in Novell iPrint 21 2.1 What’s New (OES 11 SP1 Beta) . 21 2.2 What’s New (OES 11) . 21 3 Installing and Setting Up iPrint on Your Server 23 3.1 Installing iPrint Software. 23 3.2 Installing and Configuring iPrint Services through YaST . 24 3.3 Setting Up iPrint . 28 3.3.1 Accessing and Using iManager . 29 3.3.2 Creating a Driver Store . 30 3.3.3 Changing the eDirectory Server Assignment. 31 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 . 39 3.5 Setting up iPrint on the NSS File System. 39 3.5.1 Running the iprint_nss_relocate script . 40 3.6 What’s Next . 41 4 Installing and Setting Up iPrint on Client Workstations 43 4.1 Installing the iPrint Client . 43 4.1.1 Linux: iPrint Client . 43 4.1.2 Macintosh: iPrint Client . 47 4.1.3 Windows: iPrint Client . 49 4.2 Installing Printers . 53 4.2.1 Using the iPrint Printer List Web Page . 53 4.2.2 Creating Location-Based Printing Web Pages . 53 Contents 3 4.2.3 Uninstalling iPrint Printers . 54 4.3 Updating the iPrint Client . 54 4.4 Managing Print Jobs from the Client . 55 4.5 Windows Client: Using Additional Features . 55 4.5.1 Updating the iPrint Client . 55 4.5.2 Using the iPrint Client Icon . 55 4.5.3 Configuring the iPrint Client Settings . 56 4.5.4 Implementing iPrint by Using the Command Line . 59 4.5.5 Using iPrint with NetIdentity. 62 4.5.6 Managing Global Actions through Iprint.ini . 62 4.6 Using iprntcmd on Linux and Macintosh . 65 4.7 Windows Client: Additional Features . 67 4.7.1 Automatically Removing a Printer from the Client Workstation . 67 4.7.2 Auto Redirection of Printer. 67 4.7.3 Auto Driver/Profile Update . 67 4.7.4 Using the iPrint Client Icon . 68 4.8 Macintosh Client: Additional Features . 71 4.8.1 Automatically Removing a Printer from the Client . 71 4.8.2 Automatically Redirectiing a Printer . 71 4.8.3 Automatically Updating a Driver/Profile . ..