<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Client (Linux)</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="The Linux Print2Win mini-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Server (Windows)" HREF="x29.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="/etc/printcap Tips" HREF="x75.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="section" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >The Linux Print2Win mini-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x29.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x75.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H1 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN32">3. Client (Linux)</H1 > <P > The client configuration is similar to Linux to Linux printing. </P > <DIV CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN35">3.1. Standard lpr</H2 > <P > The simplest way to do it is to add an entry to <TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/printcap</TT >. As a quick example, the entry for a generic matrix printer would be: <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" ># EPSON LX300 epson:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :if=/var/spool/lpd/epson/filter:\ :lp=/dev/null:</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P > <DIV CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="25" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" ><IMG SRC="../images/note.gif" HSPACE="5" ALT="Note"></TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" > <P > Make sure you are using the correct filter, or the right generic one. </P > </TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV > <P > Be sure you have created the directory <TT CLASS="filename" >/var/spool/lpd/epson</TT >, and the users you wish to use the printer have the right access to this. </P > <P > For example, assume the Windows print server is named <SPAN CLASS="systemitem" >meriadoc</SPAN >, with an <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >IP</SPAN > address of <TT CLASS="literal" >192.168.1.49</TT >, and the printer is shared from Windows as <SPAN CLASS="systemitem" >epsonLX</SPAN >. </P > <P > So, you have to configure <TT CLASS="filename" >/var/spool/lpd/epson/.config</TT > like this: <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" >share='\\meriadoc\epsonLX' hostip=192.168.1.49</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P > <P > Where: <P ></P ><UL ><LI > <P ><TT CLASS="varname" >share</TT >='\\<TT CLASS="replaceable" ><I >windows-print-server-name</I ></TT >\<TT CLASS="replaceable" ><I >print-share-name</I ></TT >'</P > </LI ><LI > <P ><TT CLASS="varname" >hostip</TT >=<TT CLASS="replaceable" ><I >windows-print-server-IP</I ></TT ></P > </LI ></UL > </P > <P > Once your <TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/printcap</TT > is configured, you have to enable the print share: <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" ><TT CLASS="prompt" >[localhost]$</TT > <TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >lpc up epson</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" >[localhost]$</TT > <TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >lpc enable epson</B ></TT ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P > <P > If everything is ok, you can send jobs to the queue: <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" ><TT CLASS="prompt" >[localhost]$</TT > <TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >lpr -Pepson <TT CLASS="replaceable" ><I >file</I ></TT ></B ></TT ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P > </DIV > </DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x29.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x75.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Server (Windows)</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/printcap</TT > Tips</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >