Periodically, users need updates to the Novell iPrint Client. You need to decide how to manage this. You can allow iPrint to automatically update the clients or you can choose to distribute a newer client through a software distribution package that uses and application like Novell’s ZENworks.
See Automatically Updating the iPrint Client for more information.
On Windows workstations, the iPrint Client adds an icon to the notification area. The iPrint icon lets you receive notification when a job has printed and letes you quickly access iPrint Client settings. Right-clicking the icon displays the following menu options:
iPrint Settings: Opens the iPrint Client Settings page.
Document Status: Lets you check the status and other information for the last 10 documents printed.
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 Managing iPrint’s Notification Area 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 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.
Modify the settings.
For more information about the settings, see Section 4.5.2, Using the iPrint Client Icon.
iPrint can notify you through a pop-up message in the notification area when your document has printed or needs attention.
To turn iPrint notification on or off:
Click Start > Programs > Novell iPrint > iPrint Settings > Notifications.
Select or deselect the check box as necessary.
NOTE:If you close the iPrint applet running in the notification area, you do not receive notifications. To restart the applet, see Using the iPrint Client Tray Icon.
You can set up iPrint on a terminal server to allow terminal server clients to install the iPrint Client and print to iPrint printers.
Log in to the terminal server with Administrator or equivalent rights.
Install the iPrint Client.
You can download the iPrint Client from the iPrint Printer List or you can copy and execute nipp.exe from the iPrint server in sys:\apache2\htdocs\ippdocs.
NOTE:On terminal servers, the client auto-update does not work. To update the client with a newer release, you must install it manually.
You can configure iPrint to work in any of the following ways, depending on the rights the terminal server client has.
Install user printers only: User printers can only be installed and deleted by the user who installed the printer. User printers are not available to other users on the workstation.
Install workstation printers only: Workstation printers can be installed and deleted only by users with sufficient rights. After a workstation printer is installed, all users using the workstation can print to it.
Try to install workstation printer first: If the user has insufficient rights to install the printer, the printer is installed as a user printer.
To configure iPrint for terminal server clients:
Log in to the terminal server with Administrator or equivalent rights.
Click Start > Programs > Novell iPrint > iPrint Settings.
Click Terminal Server, then select the configuration option you want.
Click OK.
This functionality has been added to help you use iPrint on Windows platforms even if you do not have the Novell Client installed. You use the iPrint Client Management utility to work without the Novell Client and to share your Windows/AD login credentials with the iPrint Client. You can configure the iPrint Client Management (iCM) PSM address by using the iPrint Client tray icon. To view the iPrint Client tray icon’s iCM tab, enter iprntcfg icm at the command line. Then, enter the PSM address (IP/DNS) in the iPrint Client tray icon’s iCM tab and the system will use the DSServer (Directory Service Server) configuration of the PSM server to obtain the details of your iCM profile. If the PSMServer is not set, you can still specify the DSServer by populating the registry entry directly.
You can also set the address of the PSM server by using the iprntcmd -S <IP/DNS> command, in combination with a remote-policy pushing engine like ZENworks.
Iprntcmd.exe is a DOS command line utility that lets you install iPrint printers without a web browser and capture LPT ports to iPrint printers. This command is useful when you have legacy applications that require output to an LPT port or when you want to add printers through a login script.
If you need to install an iPrint printer but cannot use a Web browser, you can use the iprntcmd.exe command at a DOS prompt. The iprntcmd.exe command can install, remove, or set a printer as the default printer.
Use the following parameters when executing the iprntcmd command.
Table 4-6 Parameters Used with iprntcmd
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Parameters |
Description |
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-a | --addprinter options printer_uri |
Installs the specified printer. You can replace options with any or all of the following:
NOTE:These options are available only in the Windows Client. |
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-d | --delprinter printer_uri |
Removes the specified printer. |
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-f | --fetchdriverlocal printer_uri |
Pulls drivers from the server and stores them in the local cache directory, such as the c:\ndsp\drvr_cache directory. |
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-g | --getdefault |
Displays the default printer installed on the workstation. |
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-h | --help |
Displays help for the command. |
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-j | --listjobs printer_uri |
Lists the print jobs for the specified printer that are on the server in a pending or printing state. |
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-l | --listlocalprinters |
Lists printers installed on the workstation. |
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-L | --listprintersonserver psm-hostname or psm-address |
Lists iPrint printers on the specified Print Manager where psm-hostname or psm-address can be a DNS name or IP address. |
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-p | --printfile printer-uri file path |
Sends a printer-ready file to the specified iPrint printer. This option is used to test the print path (job flow) from the client workstation to the server and subsequently to the printer. This requires a print-ready file as an input. The printer or the driver does not need to be installed on the client workstation. |
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-P | --ppdlist |
Lists the PPDs installed on this workstation. |
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-s | --setdefault printer_uri |
Sets the specified printer as the default. |
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-t | --testpage printer_uri |
Prints a test page to the specified printer. |
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-v | --version server_uri server_user |
Displays the server platform and version information, where server_uri is the URI for the server and server_user is a valid user for the server. |
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-U | --uploaddriver <ids-address> or <ids-hostname> <username> <password> [INF-Filepath <model-name>] |
Uploads printer drivers. IMPORTANT:INF-Filepath and model-name are mandatory only for Windows XP platforms. |
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-w | --trustedwebsiteforInternetExplorer printer_installation_page_uri |
Adds the specified URI of the printer installation page to the trusted site list for Internet Explorer. The trusted site list allows users to view and add the printers directly from the printer IPP site or printer map page, without running the Internet Explorer browser with administrator privileges on Windows Vista. For example, http://printing.my_company.com/ipp. |
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-c |
Clears the password from the cache. |
Use quotes around printer-uri if it contains spaces.
iprntcmd parameters
To install a printer named ColorPrinter1 and set it as the default printer, you would enter the following command:
iprntcmd -a -s ipp://printing.my_company.com/ipp/ColorPrinter1
The NetIdentity agent works with eDirectory authentication to provide background authentication to Windows Web-based applications that require eDirectory authentication. iPrint supports only the NetIdentity agent included with the Novell Client32 running on Windows XP. If the NetIdentity agent is installed on the workstation, iPrint uses NetIdentity when authenticating. For more information on using NetIdentity, see the NetIdentity Administration Guide for NetWare 6.5.
A configuration file named iprint.ini is located on each server where a Print Manager is running. The iprint.ini file should be synchronized across all servers where iPrint and a Print Manager are running. The iprint.ini file is located in /var/opt/novell/iprint/htdocs/.
The file controls the following tasks:
IMPORTANT:When you apply a support pack, the existing iprint.ini file is saved as iprint.bak and a new iprint.ini is added. If you made changes to the iprint.ini file, you must delete the new iprint.ini file from the support pack and rename iprint.bak to iprint.ini. If you want the new functionality that is included with the latest iprint.ini, you should re-create the settings in iprint.bak in the new iprint.ini.
When a workstation boots up, iPrint checks the default printer to ensure that the workstation is using the latest Novell iPrint Client. If necessary, a newer client is installed. You can use a configuration file to control how this update takes place.
An iprint.ini configuration file is located on each server where iPrint is installed. This file controls whether the user is prompted before the updated client is installed or the updated client is installed without user intervention. When the client is installed without user intervention, the user still sees the installation program.
Using a text editor, edit the iprint.ini configuration file.
The iprint.ini file is located in var/opt/novell/iprint/htdocs/
Change the AllowAutoUpdate setting for the desired behavior.
Save the file.
IMPORTANT:The iprint.ini file should be synchronized across all servers where iPrint and an Print Manager are running.
After the iPrint Client is updated, Windows XP users must restart their machines if they are using iPrint utilities to capture the LPT ports.
By default, the installed printer name on the client follows the full UNC/URL format: \\ipp://dns_name\printer_name. For example, \\ipp://Printing.My_Company.Com\ColorPrinter. These printer names are often too long to fit in an application’s display field for the printer name. You can use a Short Printer Name Profile to replace the UNC server name (or dns_name) for all printers on a Print Manager with any name you want to display. For example, if you want to display just the company name, you could use \\My_Company\ColorPrinter.
NOTE:You should keep the UNC path and printer name to fewer than 32 characters.
The Short Printer Name Profile is available only on Windows XP or later workstations. When you implement a Short Printer Name Profile, printers that are already installed are not affected. Only newly installed printers after the change use the shortened name. For printers already installed, you must delete and reinstall the printers to implement any changes to their names.
Edit iprint.ini in a text editor.
The iprint.ini file is located in var/opt/novell/iprint/htdocs/
Change the value of the ShortInstallName parameter to the value you want displayed.
ShortInstallName=your_name
Replace your_name with the value you want displayed. To reset the parameter to its default setting, use default as the value.
Use only lower ASCII characters and do not use a slash, quote, space, or comma.
Save the file.
IMPORTANT:The iprint.ini file should be synchronized across all servers where iPrint and a Print Manager are running. The Installed Printer Name Profile affects all printers on a Print Manager.
To install an iPrint printer and the associated printer driver users, you must have Administrator or equivalent permissions on Windows XP. User printers let you control what permissions are required to install a printer. To implement user printers, edit the iprint.ini file and change the value for AllowUserPrinters = entry to one of the following:
Table 4-7 User Printer Settings
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Value |
Description |
|---|---|
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0 |
Follow Windows standards and only let users with sufficient permissions to install the printer to the desktop. This allows all users to see and use this printer. This is considered a global or workstation printer. |
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1 |
If the current user does not have permissions to add a workstation printer (option 0), automatically add the printer so that only the current user can install, view, modify, or delete this printer. This is considered a private or user printer. |
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2 |
Only add user printers. All users (including Administrators or Power Users) that add a printer can install, view, modify, or delete the printer they installed. All printers are private or user printers. |
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3 |
Only add workstation printers. No permissions are required. All users have rights to install, view, modify, or delete iPrint printers even if the Windows workstation has been locked down. Non-iPrint printers are not affected. |
For example, three workers—Albert, Juan, and Carla—share the same computer during the day. Albert prints to an accounting printer, Juan prints to a plotter, and Carla prints to a printer in the CEO’s office. The administrator set AllowUserPrinters = 2. Each worker can install the printer he or she needs but cannot see printers installed by the other users.
NOTE:The user printer feature is supported only on Windows XP/Vista/7/Server 2003 and 2008. This feature is not supported on Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and higher versions.
You can use the iprint.ini file to enable and disable iPrint Client Management (iCM). Use the iCMEnabled value in the following ways:
iCMEnabled = 1
iCM is fully enabled. iCM attributes are identified from the full tree hieararchy.
iCMEnabled = 0
iCM is disabled.
IMPORTANT:Using this command disables all iCM configurations created in the Novell Client.
You can use the iprint.ini file to set the default container that iCM should read values from. To configure this scope, use the following command:
iCMScope = DEFAULT
Using this command stops the system from reading iCM attributes beyond the container you specify. The iCM attributes are read on the full tree hierarchy. The iCM attributes are considered within the specified tree hierarchy.
For example, you can use the OU=UNIT,O=COMPANY command to set the iCMScope to the Organizational Unit in the OU from the base of the tree. The user should be present within the specified container for iCM function to work.
NOTE:Setting the attribute in this way does not work above the specified container.