Re: Traditional print queues in OES2

[Thomas Reiß]

alexdykes schrieb:
> We have a custom app that depends on traditional print queues to print,
> we've been using NDPS/iPrint for years to service the traditional queues
> since we operate in pure IP. We are now transitioning from NW6.5 to OES2
> Linux and while we can use NWAdmin to create traditional queues on the
> SLES box, they don't seem to function properly. Is there any way to make
> traditional queues work? Just the queue, we use an NDPS/iPrint printer
> to service the queue.
>
> Alternatively, does anyone know of a command line utility that can
> print a text file to an NDPS/iPrint print queue natively?
>
>
Maybe you can change your App to Print to local LPT1 Port?
So you can capture LPT1 and route it down to an iprinter.

I've done this with an very old DOS Programm (yes, DOS).

Hope it helps
Thomas

[W_ Prindl]

I would recommend a totally different solution.

Forget about iprint - instead do the following:

Install cups instead of iprint and install Samba. Then configure Samba
to export the cups printers as Windows-style printer shares, which are
in fact print queues on Windows shares. Works very well - I use it to
print from all platforms, for which no iprint client exists.

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W. Prindl