When setting up location-based printing, each Print Manager creates an iPrint Printer List that users can access by entering http://server_DNS_or_IP_address/ipp. You can make installing printers even easier by creating customized Web pages that link the iPrint Printer lists together or by using the iPrint Map designer to create a map showing the location of printers.
Using the iPrint Map Designer tool, you can quickly create a map showing printer locations. The tool lets you import floor plans as background images that can be used to drag and drop printers onto actual locations. These maps are then published on a Web server so users can install printers that are closest to their location.
IMPORTANT:If at any time after creating a map you change the DNS Name or IP Address for printing (which changes the IPP URL used by the printer agents), maps must also be updated; otherwise, users receive an SSL 5 or 1030 error when attempting to install a printer from the map.
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP operating system
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
Novell® iPrint Client installed on the workstation
After the map is created, you must use the iPrint Map Designer to modify or update it. Changes to a map file that are made outside of the iPrint Map Designer are not supported. If you need to add links to a map, you should create a frameset file and then display the map file in one frame and display your links in a different frame.
Before creating the map, ensure the following:
ippsrvr.nlm must be loaded.
NOTE:If you run the map tool using HTTP and ippsrvr.nlm is not loaded, you will receive a 503 Service not available error. To resolve this, you need to enable iPrint on one of the printers so that ippsrvr.nlm automatically be loaded.
All of your background images (maps) are copied to the following server:
sys:\apache2\htdocs\ippdocs\images\maps
All of your custom printer icons are copied to the following server:
sys:\apache2\htdocs\ippdocs\images\printers
To start iPrint Map Designer, the following:
NetWare Server: Using a mapped drive, open sys:\apache2\htdocs\ippdocs\maptool.htm in Microsoft Internet Explorer, or open http://server_address:/maptool.htm where server_address is the server’s IP address or DNS name of the server where the printer agent is running.
If you want to save the map to this server, you need to be authenticated to the server.
Select a map from the drop-down list.
(Optional) Add a printer to the map.
From the field, select the type of printer and icon size you want.
Sizes range from 1 to 6, with 1 being the largest. Icons with a C indicate color printers.
Click the icon and drag the printer to the desired location on the map.
Next to the field, click the icon and specify the IP address or DNS name of the server where the Print Manager is running.
From the , select the printer agent you want associated with this printer icon.
If the printer is not listed, then you have not enabled IPP for the printer. See Enabling/Disabling iPrint on Individual Printers for more information.
The and fields are automatically filled in with the printer agent information.
Mouse Over Text: By default, displays the printer agent’s name. You can override this information by entering the text you want to display when a user moves the mouse over the Printer icon.
(Optional) In the field, enter the information to display, using Enter to parse the information onto multiple lines.
(Optional) From the menu bar, click to change the base font, color, and size for text on the map.
(Optional) Edit a printer’s information by clicking the desired printer’s icon and then editing the printer information fields.
To deselect a icon while your are in the map, click anywhere in the design area.
Click and save the map.
WARNING:If you click or exit Internet Explorer without saving the map, all changes made since the last time the map was saved are lost.
To retrieve and modify an existing map file, click Open and browse to the directory where the map is located.
You can add printers from different Print Managers to the same map. First, add the printers from one Print Manager. Then click the icon and select a different manager.
If you need to add or modify printers from a previously used Print Manager, click a Printer icon from that manager and the is populated with printers from that manager.
After creating your maps, you need to post them on a Web server. Copy the contents of the \ippdocs directory and its subdirectories to the Web server in order for your maps and iPrint to work properly. You can link to your maps from your company’s internal Web page or send the URL out to your users.
You can use the keyboard to create maps by using iPrint Map Designer. The following table lists the tasks to complete and the corresponding keystrokes required.
Printer lists allow users to select printers using categories that are meaningful to them. For example, you could create a list of printers by building location, department names, eDirectory™ Context, etc. iPrint generates an iPrint Printer List for each Print Manager. To create a custom list, you must use an HTML editor and create links to the different generated lists or create a Web page by using the printer’s IPP URL. This URL is displayed when you enable IPP for a printer.
To view a printer’s URL:
From Novell iManager, click > .
Browse to and select the printer you want.
Click > .
The printer’s URL is displayed under field.