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=== Printing from Notebooks === ==== Linux Notebooks ==== ===== using cups ===== If you used one of the following methods to make your local cups to communicate with the server, you can use cups as described above. ====== with local cups-daemon ====== * If you want your Cupsd to communicate with the server permanently, just add the line '''''Browsepoll zncups.ifh.de''''' to ''''''/etc/cups/cupsd.conf'''''' and restart the cups-deamon by typing '''''/etc/init.d/cups restart''''' as root. From now on, the cups-daemon will comunicate with zncups everytime cups is started. * If you just want cups to communicate with the server for the current session, you can start the cups-polld manualy. Generaly it is located in '''''/usr/lib/cups/daemon/'''''. You can start it by typing '''''/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-polld zncups.ifh.de 631 30 631''''' as root. If you do so, there is no need to restart the local cups-server. By default, the printer information are lost 5 minutes after stopping the cups-polld. * or use the usual "add new printer" dialogue and provide the name of the queue which is the printers name and the IP address of the server or run as root {{{ lpadmin -p <printer_name> -E -v ipp://zncups.ifh.de/<printer_name>}}} ====== without local cups-daemon ====== If you have no local cupsd running, just change the '''''Servername''''' directive in /etc/cups/client.conf to '''''zncups.ifh.de''''' ===== lpr/lp based printing system ===== If you work with a lpr/lp based subsystem a printcap entry in your /etc/printcap file would probably look like this: {{{ <printer_name>:\ :rm=zncups.ifh.de:\ :rp=<printer_name> }}} ==== Windows Notebooks ==== * click "run" in the Startmenu * type "\\zncups" and press Enter. Your notebook will connect to the print server. * choose a printer. doubleclick to add a printer to your notebook. The printerdrivers will be downloaded. * go to "Printers and Faxes" in the Startmenu if you want to change the Printers configuration. * thats all |
Printing with Cups Server ZNCUPS
Access to [http://ZNCUPS.ifh.de:631 ZNCUPS] for managing your own jobs
- Managing print jobs on UNIX
- default printer: set LPDEST to your favorite printer
- Printing with CLI (command line interface)
using lpr: lpr -Pprinter myfile
using lp: lp -dprinter myfile
- Examining the print queue with CLI
for a special queue: lpstat -pprinter
- all available queues: lpstat -p
- all active jobs: lpstat -o
- Cancelling of print jobs with CLI
- use cancel and no longer lprm
cancel your last job on printer with: cancel printer
- to get the job-ids run lpstat and afterwards cancel
[myhost] % lpstat -o znrz1-31 ottostr 1688576 Thu Jan 4 12:20:51 2007 znrz1-32 frida 31596544 Thu Jan 4 12:20:55 2007 znrz1-33 wwinzig 1654900 Thu Jan 4 12:30:57 2007 znrzc-34 ottostr 61533324 Thu Jan 4 12:32:13 2007 [myhost] % cancel znrz1-31 znrzc-34
Network Printers
Attention: Cups Printing Service is a preliminary service. At the moment the changeover from LPRng to Cups are causing some problems.
- Using cups printing commands you can not specify an option for queues depending on the LPRng printing system.
Printer
Model
Duplex
Color
Banner
Transparency
A3
Location
old Name
Printing System
Further Instances
HP Laserjet 4050N
no
no
no
no
no
1L05
ps_br
lprng
HP_4050N
no
no
no
no
no
Conference Printer
ps_con
lprng
Xerox Phaser 6250
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Conference Printer
xerocol1
lprng
HP Laserjet 8150
yes
no
yes
no
yes
2L01
ps_lo2
lprng
HP Laserjet 8150
yes
no
yes
no
no
3L21
ps_ld1
lprng
znld1/simplex
HP Laserjet 4100DTN
yes
no
yes
no
no
loc
ps_ld2
lprng
znld2/simplex
HP Laserjet 8150
yes
no
yes
no
yes
3L21
ps_le1
lprng
znle1/simplex
HP Laserjet 8150
yes
no
yes
no
yes
2L01
ps_lo1
lprng
znlo1/simplex
Xerox Phaser 6350
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
2L01
ps_col,xerocol
lprng
znlo1c/transp, znlo1c/simplex
HP Laserjet 8150
yes
no
yes
no
yes
2L01
ps_lo2
lprng
znlo2/simplex
HP Laserjet 5Si
yes
no
no
no
yes
1HU01
ps_mcad
lprng
HP Laserjet 4100DTN
yes
no
no
no
no
1LK03
ps_pitz
lprng
HP Laserjet 8150
yes
no
no
no
no
Computer Centre
ps_rz1
cups
znrz1/simplex
Xerox Phaser 6350
yes
yes
no
yes
no
Computer Centre
xerocol2
cups
znrzc/transp
Overview Cups Printing Options on UNIX
Printing Options are passed to Cups using the -o Option of lp and lpr:
lpr -o option1=value1 -o option2=value2 [...] file
lp -o option1=value1 -o option2=value2 [...] file
Option |
Meaning |
Example |
Comment |
sides=one-sided |
disables duplex printing |
lpr -o sides=one-sided testpage.ps |
use printer/simplex if supported |
sides=two-sided-short-edge |
enables duplex printing for landcape pages |
lpr -o sides=two-sided-short-edge myfile.gif |
|
sides=two-sided-long-edge |
enables duplex printing for portrait pages |
lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge info.txt |
default |
page-ranges=RANGE |
not the complete document is printed, but only the specified pages |
lpr -o page-range=1,3-5,7 docu.ps |
|
number-up=number |
places multiple document pages on a single printed page |
lpr -o number-up=4 project.pdf |
supported are: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16 |
Resolution=xxx |
changes printers resolution |
lpr -o Resolution=600dpi testpage.ps |
lpoptions can be used to find out supported Resoltions fo a queue: lpoptions -p queuename -l |grep Resolution |
media=Transparency |
prints on transparent Media |
lpr -o media=Transarency talk.ps |
use printer/transp if supported |
PageSize=A3 |
prints on DIN A3 paper |
lpr -o PageSize=A3 picture.gif |
|
scaling=number |
The scaling value is a number from 1 to 800 specifying the size in relation to the page (not the image.) |
lpr -o scaling=100 pict.gif |
can be used for image formats (GIF,JPEG,TIFF,...) |
landscape |
rotate the page 90 degrees to print in landscape orientation |
lpr -o landscape picture.jpg |
|
orientation-requested=N |
rotates the page depending on the value of N |
lpr -o orientation-requested=4 file.ps |
possible values: 3: no rotation, 4: 90 degrees, 5: 270 degrees, 6: 180 degrees |
For more options and additional information see the [http://localhost:631/sum.html "Cups Software User Manual"] (If there is no Cups daemon running on the local machine, this link won't be available)
Frequently Asked Questions
Why changing the printing system?
- LPRng is no longer supported
Cups is better intergrated in Linux Desktops like KDE and Gnome,in OpenOffice and other applications
- the user can select features like resolution, duplexing, pagesize etc.
- Cups is easier for the administrator. The printer PPD files are used.
- Samba and Cups are working very well together for the Windows Print Service.
Which file formats can Cups process ?
PostScript, PDF, International Text, TIFF, GIF, PNG, JPEG, SUN−Raster and other graphic formats
- CUPS uses the configuration file /etc/cups/mime.types to define the rules, which are applied to unknown file types in order to get a MIME typization for them.
Which applications support cups features on a UNIX System ?
How can I print simplex on a duplex printer on a UNIX system ?
use option sides=one-sided
using lpr: lpr -Pprinter -o sides=one-sided myfile
using lp: lp -d printer -o sides=one-sided myfile
if simplex instance exists: lp -d printer/simplex myfile
Why there are not an A3 queue and a transparency queue anymore?
- Now there are only one queue for a printer. The filtering of the print job will be done on the local host, no longer on the print server. The user can specify all possible features via command line option or GUI.
- Lists the printer specific options and their current settings with
lpoptions -p printer -l
- examples
- A3 printing: lp -o pagesize=A3 file.ps
- transparencies: lpr -o media=Transparency talk.ps
How can I remove a printjob on a UNIX system?
- The problem is that the Cups job on the local system gets a job-id, but on the print server a different one. After finding out the job-id on the print server you can remove it. Use cancel and no longer lprm for removing your print jobs.
How can I change personal printer specific option settings?
- Use lpoptions to save personal option settings in ~/.lpoptions. Example: lpoptions -o pagesize=A3 -p znecad
How can I print multiple Copies of one Printjob with CLI?
using lp: lp -n number-of-copies file
Copies are not collated by default. Use the -o Collate=True option to get collated copies:
lp -n number-of-copies -o Collate=True file
How can I change the Layout of the Outputpages when using N-Up printing?
In order to change the borders around each page, use the -o page-border=value option. Supported borders are:
none: do not draw a border (default)
double: draw two hairline borders around each page
double-thick: draw two 1pt borders around each page
single: draw one hairline border around each page
single-thick: draw one 1pt border around each page
Example: lp -o number-up=4 -o page-border=double myfile
In order to chooses the layout of the pages on each output page, use the -o number-up-layout=value option. Possible values are:
lrtb: Left to right, top to bottom (default)
lrbt: Left to right, bottom to top
rlbt: Right to left, bottom to top
rltb: Right to left, top to bottom
tblr: Top to bottom, left to right
tbrl: Top to bottom, right to left
btlr: Bottom to top, left to right
btrl: Bottom to top, right to left
Understanding the layouts: The default layout is lrtb(Left to right, top to bottom). This means: using a number-up of 4, the first page will be printed on the top-left of the outputpage, the second page will be printed on the top-right, the third page will be printed on the bottem-left and the fourth page on the bottom-right of the outputpage.
Example: lp -o number-up=4 -o number-up-layout=btrl myfile
I'm using psutils (pstops,psnup,psbook). Even though I'm using the option ''sides=two-sided-short-edge'' the output was not arranged in the correct order. What can I do?
- the psutils tools are old and not maintained for 10 years, but there are not a replacement for them.
- With the following command you can bypass the postscript filter
lp -o document-format=application/bindshort -dprinter myfile
I'm using psutils (pstops,psnup,psbook). On the Xerox Color Printer I get wrong output with a different font. What can I do?
- the psutils tools caused this problem.
- With the following command you can bypass the postscript filter
lp -o document-format=application/bindlong -dprinter myfile
or lp -o document-format=application/bindshort -dprinter myfile
Printing from Notebooks
Linux Notebooks
using cups
If you used one of the following methods to make your local cups to communicate with the server, you can use cups as described above.
with local cups-daemon
If you want your Cupsd to communicate with the server permanently, just add the line Browsepoll zncups.ifh.de to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and restart the cups-deamon by typing /etc/init.d/cups restart as root. From now on, the cups-daemon will comunicate with zncups everytime cups is started.
If you just want cups to communicate with the server for the current session, you can start the cups-polld manualy. Generaly it is located in /usr/lib/cups/daemon/. You can start it by typing /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-polld zncups.ifh.de 631 30 631 as root. If you do so, there is no need to restart the local cups-server. By default, the printer information are lost 5 minutes after stopping the cups-polld.
- or use the usual "add new printer" dialogue and provide the name of the queue which is the printers name and the IP address of the server or run as root
lpadmin -p <printer_name> -E -v ipp://zncups.ifh.de/<printer_name>
without local cups-daemon
If you have no local cupsd running, just change the Servername directive in /etc/cups/client.conf to zncups.ifh.de
lpr/lp based printing system
- If you work with a lpr/lp based subsystem a printcap entry in your /etc/printcap file would probably look like this:
<printer_name>:\ :rm=zncups.ifh.de:\ :rp=<printer_name>
Windows Notebooks
- click "run" in the Startmenu
- type "\\zncups" and press Enter. Your notebook will connect to the print server.
- choose a printer. doubleclick to add a printer to your notebook. The printerdrivers will be downloaded.
- go to "Printers and Faxes" in the Startmenu if you want to change the Printers configuration.
- thats all
Known Problems using Cups
- network trouble or problems on the print server can cause an empty printer setup on the clients
- psutils and cups filter don't work together