On Windows workstations, the iPrint Client adds an icon to the notification area. The iPrint icon displays notification when a job is printed and allows you to access the iPrint Client settings. Right-clicking the icon displays the following menu options:
iPrint Settings: Opens the iPrint Client Settings page.
Document Status: Displays the status and other information for the last 10 documents printed.
Refresh iCM: Displays the iCM configuration settings. If the administrator has modified the iCM settings, then clicking this button immediately applies the setting for the user.
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 Start > Programs > Novell iPrint > iPrint Client Settings > Tray Icon and deselect the Enable the iPrint icon in the system tray. Click OK. Then repeat the process to enable the icon.
To permanently remove the icon, see Tray Icon.
A proxy server is located 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 exposing only the proxy server’s address to external users. If you 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, such as 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 who 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 manager. Rather than sending the report by e-mail or fax, Juan decides to send it to the printer near his manager’s office. When Juan 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 for iPrint in iManager:
Click Start > Programs > Novell iPrint > iPrint Client Settings > Proxy.
To use a proxy server, select the check box, then specify the URL for the proxy server.
To disable using a proxy server, deselect the check box.
Click OK.
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 in iManager:
Click Start > Programs > Novell iPrint > iPrint Settings > Passwords.
Select the password you want to remove, then click Clear Password.
The iPrint icon in the notification area lets you receive notification when a job has printed, and lets you view a list of print jobs that you have submitted.
Click Start > Programs > Novell iPrint > iPrint Settings > Tray Icon.
Select the check box to enable the iPrint icon in the system tray.
In the Menu link URL, specify the URL to install the printers.
This provides a new option Find/Install printers when you right-click the printer icon in the system tray.
iPrint can notify you through a pop-up message in the notification area when your document has printed or needs attention.
Click Start > Programs > Novell iPrint > iPrint Settings > Notifications.
Select the check box to enable the job notification.