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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
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"http://docbook.org/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
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<article id="Print2Win">
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<articleinfo>
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<title>The Linux Print2Win mini-HOWTO</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Marcelo</firstname>
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<othername role="middle">Pereira</othername>
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<surname>da Silva</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address><email>marcelo@pereira.com</email></address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<releaseinfo>v1.1</releaseinfo>
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<pubdate>Jan 2002</pubdate>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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</abstract>
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<revhistory id="revhistory">
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<revision>
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<revnumber>1.1</revnumber>
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<date>2002-07-19</date>
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<authorinitials>ms</authorinitials>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
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<date>2002-01-01</date>
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<authorinitials>ms</authorinitials>
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</revision>
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</revhistory>
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</articleinfo>
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<section>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>
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As we want the print service running, we'll set up all the
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environment step by step, to avoid mistakes or bad configurations.
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</para>
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<para>
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First, set up the server; when you have the server running, configure
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the clients.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Server (Windows)</title>
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<para>
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There is no special rules when configuring the server. Just install the
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printer driver in the Windows server, test it to verify that the printer
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is running properly, and share the printer.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Client (Linux)</title>
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<para>
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The client configuration is similar to Linux to Linux printing.
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</para>
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<section>
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<title>Standard lpr</title>
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<para>
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The simplest way to do it is to add an entry to
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<filename>/etc/printcap</filename>. As a quick example, the entry
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for a generic matrix printer would be:
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<screen># 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:</screen>
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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Make sure you are using the correct filter, or the right generic
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one.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>
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Be sure you have created the directory
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<filename>/var/spool/lpd/epson</filename>, and the users you wish
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to use the printer have the right access to this.
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</para>
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<para>
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For example, assume the Windows print server is named <systemitem
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class="systemname">meriadoc</systemitem>, with an <acronym
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role="protocol">IP</acronym> address of
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<literal>192.168.1.49</literal>, and the printer is shared from
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Windows as <systemitem class="systemname">epsonLX</systemitem>.
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</para>
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<para>
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So, you have to configure
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<filename>/var/spool/lpd/epson/.config</filename> like this:
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<screen>share='\\meriadoc\epsonLX'
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hostip=192.168.1.49</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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Where:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><varname>share</varname>='\\<replaceable>windows-print-server-name</replaceable>\<replaceable>print-share-name</replaceable>'</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><varname>hostip</varname>=<replaceable>windows-print-server-IP</replaceable></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Once your <filename>/etc/printcap</filename> is configured, you
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have to enable the print share:
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<screen><prompt>[localhost]$</prompt> <userinput>lpc up epson</userinput>
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<prompt>[localhost]$</prompt> <userinput>lpc enable epson</userinput></screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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If everything is ok, you can send jobs to the queue:
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<screen><prompt>[localhost]$</prompt> <userinput>lpr -Pepson <replaceable>file</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title><filename>/etc/printcap</filename> Tips</title>
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<para>
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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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<screen>...
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:lp=/dev/null:\</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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Because lpr does an <quote>exclusive</quote> 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 same printer at the same time.
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</para>
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<para>
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The side effect of this is that in your case, <literal>eng</literal>
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and <literal>colour</literal> can't print at the same time, (usually more
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or less transparent since they probably print quickly and since they queue
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you probably don't notice) but any other process that tries to write to
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<filename>/dev/null</filename> will break!
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</para>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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<para>
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The solution is to create a dummy printer for each. Eg:
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<userinput>touch /dev/eng</userinput>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screen><prompt>[localhost]$</prompt> <userinput>touch /dev/eng</userinput>
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<prompt>[localhost]$</prompt> <userinput>touch /dev/colour</userinput></screen>
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</para>
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</section>
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<!-- The License section could move to a legalnotice in the articleinfo -->
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<!-- block. -->
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<section>
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<title>License</title>
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<para>
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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 <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html"/>.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Credits</title>
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<para>
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Thanks to all those who sent opinions about this document, to
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everybody who told me some printing tips, to Rick Bressler, and a
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special thanks to Harish Pillay, who wrote the first version of this
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document.
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</para>
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<!-- The original text read as follows: -->
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<!-- "to Harish Pillay, whose I don't know,..." -->
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<!-- I didn't know whether the word "email" was missing, or "whose" should -->
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<!-- be "who". To simplify life, I just dropped the "whose I don't know" -->
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<!-- clause entirely. John R. Daily (john@geekhavoc.com), 2002-07-09 -->
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</section>
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</article>
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