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<!doctype linuxdoc system>
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<article>
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<title>The Linux Print2Win mini-HOWTO
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<author>Marcelo Pereira da Silva, <tt/marcelo@pereira.com/
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<date>v1.1, Jan 2002
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<abstract>
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This howto contains the general configuration to get linux printing to a
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Windows print share.
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</abstract>
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<toc>
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<sect>Introdution
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<p>
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As we want the print service running, let set up all the environment step
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by step, to avoid mistakes or bad configurations.
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First, set up the server, so when you have the server running, go to the
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clients and configure them.
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<sect>Server (Windows)
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<p>
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There is no special rules when configurating the server. Just install the
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printer driver in the Windows server, test it to certificate the printer
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is running properly, so share the printer.
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<sect>Client (Linux)
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<p>
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The setup of the client is almost the same when you are setting up the
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printcap to print linux to linux, with some changes.
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<sect1>Standard lpr
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<p>
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The simplest way to do it is adding an entry in <tt>/etc/printcap</tt>.
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As a quick example, the entry for a generic matricial printer would be:
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<tscreen><verb>
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# EPSON LX300
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epson:\
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:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\
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:mx#0:\
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:sh:\
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:if=/var/spool/lpd/epson/filter:\
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:lp=/dev/null:
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</verb></tscreen>
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* Make sure you are using the correct filter, or the right generic one.
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Be sure you have created the directory <tt>/var/spool/lpd/epson</tt>,
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and the users you wish to use the printer have the right access to this.
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For example, let the Windows Print Server be called by <tt>meriadoc</tt>,
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it <tt>IP=192.168.1.49</tt> and the printer (at Windows) are shared as
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<tt>epsonLX</tt>.
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So, you have to configure <tt>/var/spool/lpd/epson/.config</tt> like this:
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<tscreen><verb>
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share='\\meriadoc\epsonLX'
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hostip=192.168.1.49
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</verb></tscreen>
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Where:
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<itemize>
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<item>share='\\windows-print-server-name\print-share-name'
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<item>hostip=windows-print-server-IP
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</itemize>
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Once your <tt>/etc/printcap</tt> is configured, you have to enable the
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print share:
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<tscreen><verb>
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[localhost]$ lpc up epson
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[localhost]$ lpc enable epson
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</verb></tscreen>
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If everything is ok, you can send jobs to the queue:
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<tscreen><verb>
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[localhost]$ lpr -Pepson <file>
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</verb></tscreen>
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<sect><tt>/etc/printcap</tt> TIPS
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<p>
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I have used the entry below in the first example, but this is not a
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particularly good idea:
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<tscreen><verb>
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...
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:lp=/dev/null:\
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</verb></tscreen>
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Because lpr does an `exclusive' open on the file you specify as lp=.
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It does this in order to prevent multiple processes from trying to
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print to the dame printer at the same time.
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The side effect of this is that in your case, eng and colour can't print at
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the same time, (usually more or less transparent since they probably print
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quickly and since they queue you probably don't notice) but any other process
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that tries to write to /dev/null will break!
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On a single user system, probably not a big problem. I have a system with
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over 50 printers. It would be a problem there.
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The solution is to create a dummy printer for each. Eg: touch /dev/eng.
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<tscreen><verb>
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[localhost]$ touch /dev/eng
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[localhost]$ touch /dev/colour
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</verb></tscreen>
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<sect>License
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<p>
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This document, Print2Win-HOWTO,
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is copyrighted (c) 2001-2002 by Marcelo Pereira da Silva.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
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and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
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is available at <url url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html"
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name="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">.
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<sect>Credits
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<p>
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Thanks to all those who sent opinions about this document, to everybody
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who told me some printing tips, to Rick Bressler, and a special thanks
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to Harish Pillay, whose I don't know, but wrote the first version of
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this document.
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</article>
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