Periodically, users need updates to the Novell iPrint Client. You need to decide how to manage this. You can allow iPrint to automatically update the clients or you can choose to distribute a newer client using a software distribution package like Novell’s ZENworks.
See Updating the iPrint Client Automatically for more information.
On Windows workstations, the iPrint Client adds an icon to the notification area. The iPrint icon lets you receive notification when a job has printed and access iPrint client settings quickly. Right-clicking the icon displays the following menu options:
iPrint Settings: Opens the iPrint Client Settings.
Document Status: Lets you check the status and other information for the last 10 documents printed.
Launch Printer Folder: Opens the Windows printer folder.
Find/Install Printers: (Optional) Opens a browser window to the Menu Link URL specified on the Tray Icon tab.
Close: Removes the iPrint icon from the notification area until the next reboot. To make the icon reappear in your notification area, click > > > > and deselect the . Click . Then repeat to enable the icon.
To permanently remove the tray icon, see Managing iPrint’s Notification Area Icon.
A proxy server sits between a client and another server that the client is trying to communicate with. Often proxy servers are used in conjunction with a firewall to keep internal addresses private while only exposing the proxy server’s address to external users. If you are using a proxy server and have users that need to submit print jobs through a proxy server, you can use the iPrint Clients Proxy setting. The Client sends all print-related requests, like a print job, to the proxy server. The proxy server then redirects the print job to the correct iPrint server.
For example, Juan is a laptop user and has installed and printed to a variety of iPrint printers at the company’s headquarters. While on the road, Juan wants to submit a report to his boss. Rather than sending the report by e-mail or fax, Juan decides to send it to the printer near his boss. When he tries to send the report to the printer, he receives an error that the printer cannot be found. He knows that the company uses a firewall and a proxy server. He types the proxy server address in the iPrint Proxy settings, then tries to print the report again. This time the print job is accepted. The print job travels from his laptop to the proxy server. The proxy server redirects the print job to the printer’s Print Manager, where the print job is spooled and forwarded to the printer.
To set the proxy server address in iPrint:
Click > > > > .
To use a proxy server, select the check box and then specify the URL for the proxy server.
Click .
To disable using a proxy server, deselect the check box.
You can manage passwords for print services that you indicated should be remembered by your workstation. The ability to delete passwords is useful if you are connected to a print service that you no longer use.
To manage passwords for print services:
Click > > > > .
Select the password you want to remove, and then click .
The iPrint icon in the notification area lets you receive notification when a job has printed and view a list of print jobs that you have submitted.
Click > > > > .
Modify the settings.
For more information about the settings, see Section 4.6.2, Using the iPrint Client Tray Icon.
iPrint can notify you by way of a pop-up message in the notification area when your document has printed or needs attention.
To turn iPrint notification on or off:
Click > > > > .
Select or deselect the check box as indicated.
NOTE:If you close the iPrint applet running in the notification area, you do not receive notifications. To restart the applet, see Using the iPrint Client Tray Icon.
You can set up iPrint on a terminal server to allow terminal server clients to install and print to iPrint printers.
Log in to the terminal server with Administrator or equivalent rights.
Install the iPrint Client.
You can download the iPrint Client from the iPrint Printer List or you can copy and execute nipp.exe from the iPrint server in sys:\apache2\htdocs\ippdocs.
NOTE:On terminal servers, the client auto-update does not work. To update the client with a newer release, you must install it manually.
You can configure iPrint to work in any of the following ways, depending on the rights the terminal server client has.
Install user printers only: User printers can only be installed and deleted by the user who installed the printer. User printers are not available to other users on the workstation.
Install workstation printers only: Workstation printers can be installed and deleted only by users with sufficient rights. After a workstation printer is installed, all users using the workstation can print to it.
Try to install workstation printer first: If the user has insufficient rights to install the printer, the printer is installed as a user printer.
To configure iPrint for terminal server clients:
Log in to the terminal server with Administrator or equivalent rights.
Click > > > .
Click , then select the configuration option you want.
Click .
The Novell iCapture LPT Port Redirector lets you capture LPT ports and redirect the output to iPrint printers. Novell iCapture is installed when you install the iPrint Client. Before using the LPT Port Redirector, you must have iPrint printers installed on the workstation and the Print Manager and Printer Agents must be up and running. This feature is not available on terminal servers.
For example, Olga uses a legacy MS-DOS application to run reports. The application can print only to an LPT port. With the iPrint Client installed, Olga installs an iPrint printer on her workstation and uses Novell iCapture to capture the LPT port. iCapture redirects any data sent to the LPT port to the iPrint printer. Olga can now run her MS-DOS application from her Windows workstation and send print jobs to an iPrint Printer.
To run the utility:
Click > > > > .
Select the port you want to capture.
Click , select the iPrint printer you want, then click .
If the printer you want is not listed, check to see that the printer agent is up and running and that the printer has been installed as an iPrint printer.
Click .
You can also use the LPT Port Redirector to end a printer capture by selecting the port and clicking End Capture.
IMPORTANT:Existing port assignments are not displayed, and iPrint port assignments supersede all other port assignments. iPrint port assignments remain in effect, even after the workstation restarts, until you end the capture.
The following DOS commands let you install iPrint printers without a Web browser and capture LPT ports to iPrint printers. These commands are useful when you have legacy applications that require output to an LPT port, or when you want to add printers through a login script.
Icapture.exe is a DOS command line utility that lets you capture LPT ports and redirect the output to iPrint printers. The utility is installed when you install the iPrint Client, and it can be used from a DOS command line, called from a batch file, or called from a login script. Icapture.exe is compatible with Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.
IMPORTANT:Icapture.exe requires that the iPrint printer be installed before the command is run. You can install a printer from the DOS command line using iprntcmd.exe.
Use the following parameters when executing the icapture.exe command.
Table 4-4 Parameters used with icapture.exe
icapture parameters
For example, to capture a printer named Printer1 to port number 2, you would enter either:
icapture l=2 p=printer1
or
icapture lpt2 p=printer1
To end the capture, you would enter either:
icapture endcap l=2
or
icapture endcap lpt2
If you need to install an iPrint printer but cannot use a Web browser, you can use the iprntcmd.exe command at a DOS prompt. The iprntcmd.exe command can install, remove, or set a printer as the default printer. This command is most often used in login scripts in conjunction with the icapture.exe command.
Use the following parameters when executing the iprntcmd command.
Table 4-5 Parameters used with iprntcmd
iprntcmd parameters
To install a printer named ColorPrinter1 and set it as the default printer, you would enter the following:
iprntcmd -a -s ipp://printing.my_company.com/ipp/ColorPrinter1
The NetIdentity agent works with eDirectory authentication to provide background authentication to Windows Web-based applications that require eDirectory authentication. iPrint supports the NetIdentity agent included with the Novell Client32™ running on Windows NT/2000/XP only. If the NetIdentity agent is installed on the workstation, iPrint uses NetIdentity when authenticating. For more information on using NetIdentity, see the NetIdentity Administration Guide for NetWare 6.5.
A configuration file named iprint.ini is located on each server where an Print Manager is running. The iprint.ini file should be synchronized across all servers where iPrint and a Print Manager are running. The iprint.ini file can be found in the following locations
The file controls the following tasks:
IMPORTANT:When you apply a support pack, the existing iprint.ini file is saved as iprint.bak and a new iprint.ini is copied over. If you made changes to the iprint.ini file, you must delete the new iprint.ini file from the support pack and rename iprint.bak to iprint.ini. If you want new functionality included with the latest iprint.ini, you should duplicate the settings in iprint.bak in the new iprint.ini.
When a workstation boots up, iPrint checks the default printer to ensure that the workstation is using the latest Novell iPrint Client. When needed, a newer client is installed. Using a configuration file, you can control how this update takes place.
An iprint.ini configuration file is located in on each server where iPrint is installed. This file controls whether the user is prompted before the updated client is installed or the updated client is installed without user intervention. When the client is installed without user intervention, the user still sees the installation program.
Using a text editor, edit iprint.ini.
Change the AllowAutoUpdate setting for the desired behavior.
Save the file.
IMPORTANT:The iprint.ini file should be synchronized across all servers where iPrint and an Print Manager are running.
After the iPrint Client is updated, Windows 9x users must restart their machines. Windows NT/2000/XP users do not need to immediately reboot, unless they are using iPrint utilities to capture LPT ports.
By default, the installed printer name on the client follows the full UNC/URL format: \\ipp://dns_name\printer_name. An example of a printer name in this format is \\ipp://Printing.My_Company.Com\ColorPrinter. These printer names are often too long to fit in an application’s display field for the printer name. Using a Short Printer Name Profile, you can replace the UNC server name (or dns_name) for all printers on a Print Manager with any name you want to be displayed. For example, if you want to display just the company name, the above example would display as \\My_Company\ColorPrinter.
NOTE:You should keep the UNC path and printer name to less than 32 characters.
The Short Printer Name Profile is available only on Windows NT, 2000, and XP workstations. When you implement a Short Printer Name Profile, printers that are already installed are not affected. Only newly installed printers after the change use the shortened name. For printers already installed, you must delete and reinstall the printers to realize any changes to their names.
Edit iprint.ini in a text editor.
Change the value of the ShortInstallName parameter to the value you want displayed.
ShortInstallName=your_name
where your_name is the value you want displayed. To reset the parameter to its default setting, use “default” as the value.
IMPORTANT:The iprint.ini file should be synchronized across all servers where iPrint and a Print Manager are running. The Installed Printer Name Profile affects all printers on a Print Manager.
To install an iPrint Printer and the associated printer driver users, you must have Administrator or equivalent permissions on Windows NT/2000/XP or Power User permissions on Windows NT/2000. User Printers let you control what permissions are required to install a printer. To implement User Printers, edit the iprint.ini file and change the value for AllowUserPrinters = entry to one of the following:
Table 4-6 User Printer Settings
For example, three workers—Albert, Juan, and Carla—share the same computer during the day. Albert prints to an accounting printer, Juan prints to a plotter, and Carla prints to a printer in the CEO’s office. The administrator set AllowUserPrinters = 2. Each worker can install the printer they need but cannot see printers installed by the other users.
NDPS® Printers that are installed on the workstation can easily be upgraded to iPrint printers, giving additional features like global access to printers, printer profiles, and end of job notification. This requires that currently existing NDPS printers be iPrint enabled (see Section 3.8, Enabling iPrint on Existing Printers) and the iPrint client be installed on the workstation.
You control the upgrade through UpgradeNDPSPrinter= entry in the iprint.ini using the following values:
Table 4-7 UpgradeNDPSPrinter Settings
The next time the user reboots and logs in, their NDPS printers is upgraded to an iPrint printer installed and the NDPS printer is removed, except for printers using a captured ports.
Queue-based printers installed on the workstation can be upgraded to iPrint printers after associating an iPrint printer with the eDirectory Queue object and installing the iPrint client on the workstations. Once the associations are complete, you control the upgrade through the UpgradeQMSPrinters= entry in the iprint.ini using the following values:
Table 4-8 UpgradeQMSPrinters Settings
The next time the user reboots and logs in, their Queue-based printers are deleted and the associated iPrint printer installed.