9.2 Post-Installation

9.2.1 Creating a Driver Store

You need only one Driver Store for your iPrint system; however, depending on your network setup, you can add additional Driver Stores. A Driver Store must be created in order to create a Print Manager.

  1. In iManager, click iPrint > Create Driver Store.

  2. Fill in the fields.

    Click Help for explanations about the fields.

  3. Click OK.

    After the Driver Store is created, the daemon is loaded on the server, and you can start uploading drivers.

9.2.2 Creating a Print Manager

You need to create at least one Print Manager for your print system; however, depending on your network setup, you can create additional Print Managers, for example, across a WAN link. The Print Manager must be running in order to create printers.

NOTE:The Print Manager creates a URL for each printer based on the print manager configuration. When you create the print manager, you can specify an IP address or DNS name for the iPrint Service. You should always use a DNS name because using an IP address causes users to delete and reinstall printers if the IP address changes.

  1. In iManager, click iPrint > Create Print Manager.

  2. Fill in the fields. Click the help for explanations about the fields.

  3. Leave the Start Print Manager after Creation check box checked.

    If you do not do this, you must start the Print Manager by using Manage Print Manager > Manager Control in iManager or entering /etc/init.d./novell-ipsmd start at a command prompt.

  4. Click OK.

    After the Driver Store is created, the daemon is loaded on the server and you can start adding printer drivers.

9.2.3 Creating a Printer

Before you can create a printer, you must first create a Print Manager on your server.

  1. In iManager, click iPrint > Create Printer.

  2. Follow the prompts and fill in the fields. Click the help for explanations about the fields.

  3. Click Next, then select the drivers for this printer.

    If the printer drivers for this printer are not listed, you can still create the printer. After the printer is created, add the printer drivers to the Driver Store and then associate the drivers to the printer by clicking Manage Printer > Drivers.

  4. Click Next to create the printer.

9.2.4 Installing Printer from /ipp and Print

To install and distribute iPrint printers, see Novell iPrint documentation.