This feature allows automatically removing the printer from the client workstation, if the printer is removed from the server. The client shows a pop-up, once the printer is removed from the client.
Auto redirection of printer allows automatically redirecting the printer from the client if the printer is redirected in the server. The older printer is removed and the new printer is installed on the client.
The client shows a pop-up with the printer redirection and reissuing of print job information.
Auto driver update allows automatically updating the client with the latest updated drivers available on the server, without users manually updating the driver. If you make any changes to the driver in the driver store, the client shows a pop-up for the changes and the printer is updated with the new driver.
You can enable this option using iManager. For more information on, auto driver/driver update, see Section 9.3.10, Auto Driver/Profile Update.
On Linux workstations, the iPrint Client adds an icon to the notification area. The iPrint icon lets you receive notification when a job has printed and allows you to access iPrint client settings quickly. If the iPrint icon does not appear in your notification area, run the command iprntcmd -T from your terminal. Right clicking the iPrint icon displays the following menu options:
Displays the iPrint printer list, printer status, location of the printer, and the driver associated with the printer. You can also uninstall your printers from here.
Right click the > .
Select the printer which you want to uninstall.
Click on Uninstall to uninstall the printer.
NOTE:Press Shift to select more than one printer.
Click on Uninstall All to uninstall all the printers.
Displays the name of the job issued, status of the job, size of the job, name of the printer to which the job is issued, and the location of the printer to which the job is issued. This option also allows you to clear the job information from the job status tab.
Right click the >
Select the job which you want to clear.
Click on Clear to remove the job information.
NOTE:Press Shift to select more than one job.
Click on Clear All to remove all the jobs information.
The message board stores all the information related to the status of the printers, the jobs issued, auto removal of printer from the client, auto redirection of printer, and auto driver update. To remove the data from the message board, perform the following steps:
Right click the.
Click Clear to remove the data from the message board.
You can configure the following iPrint settings:
iPrint notifies when your document has printed or your iPrint client needs attention. To turn the iPrint notification on, perform the following steps:
Right click the > .
Select the check box, Notify when jobs get printed or need attention.
Click Save to save the settings.
Menu link URL points you to the iPrint printer list or a customized printer installation page. You can find and install your printer from that page. To specify the menu link URL, perform the following steps:
Right click the > .
Specify the menu link URL in the Menu link URL field.
Click Save to save the settings.
A proxy server sits 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 only exposing the proxy server’s address to external users. If you are using a proxy server and 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, like 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 and 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 boss. Rather than sending the report by e-mail or fax, Juan decides to send it to the printer near his boss. When he 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, perform the following steps:
Right click the > .
Specify the URL in the Proxy URL field.
Click Save to save the settings.
NOTE:If you do not want to use the proxy server, delete the URL specified in the Proxy URL field and save the settings.
To uninstall the iPrint printer on iPrint client uninstallation, perform the following steps:
Right click the > .
Select the check box, Uninstall iPrint Printers on iPrint client uninstallation.
Click Save to save the settings.
Displays the server debugging messages. To set the trace level perform the following steps:
Right click the > .
Select any one of the following option:
Off: No error tracing
Shell: Debug output is displayed on the shell from where the application has started.
File: Debug output is sent to /home/<user>/.iprint/trace.txt>. If the user's home directory can not be determined the debug output is sent to /var/opt/novell/log/iprint/client/<pid>-<uid>_trace.txt.
All: Debug output is sent to the shell and file both.
Click Save to save the settings.
This option allows you to store your driver files in the temporary folder, when upload or download the drivers for printer installation. To keep the driver files in the temporary folder when upload or download, perform the following steps:
Right click the > .
Select the check box, Keep driver files on upload or download.
Click Save to save the settings.
NOTE:When uploading driver for printer installation, temporary files are stored at /tmp/iprint-<username>/tmp-xxxxxx location. This file gets removed after upload, if the option Keep driver files on upload or download is not selected.
When downloading driver for printer installation, temporary files are stored at /tmp/iprint-<username>/tmp-xxxxxx/download-xxxxxx location. This file gets removed after download, if the option Keep driver files on upload or download is not selected.
Displays the version of the iPrint client installed on your workstation.
Opens a browser window to the Menu link URL specified in the Configuration tab of the tray icon. Menu link URL points you to the iPrint printer list or a customized printer installation page.
You can find and install your printers from there.
Removes the iPrint icon from the notification area until the iprint-listener-gui process is restarted. To make the icon reappear in your notification area, run the command iprntcmd -T from your terminal.