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<chapter id="cupsoptions-presently-outside-kcontrol">
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<title>&CUPS; options presently not available through &kcontrol;</title>
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<para>This chapter gives you some hints about further configuration
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possibilities which may not be available through the &tdeprint; &GUI;
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interface to &CUPS;.</para>
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<sect1>
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<title>Overview of provided features</title>
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<para>All of the most often used features and functions &CUPS; provides
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are supported in &tdeprint;.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Printer management is supported: add, remove, modify, configure,
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test, disable, enable ...</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Job management is supported: cancel, hold, release, move to
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different printer</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Print options: for full control as provided by &CUPS;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="where-to-find-further-chupshelp">
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<title>Where to find help when using &CUPS;</title>
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<para>A lot of information about the inner workings of &CUPS; is
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available through the web interface, which &CUPS; will always
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support. It works with any browser (yes, even text-based ones). Just go
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to <ulink url="http://localhost:631/">http://localhost:631/</ulink> for
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a start. There you find a link to locally available &CUPS; documentation
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in <acronym>HTML</acronym> and <acronym>PDF</acronym> if you are new to
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&CUPS;.</para>
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<para>&CUPS; is accessible through other means than &tdeprint;:
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commandline and browser are two native &CUPS; interfaces. The many
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commandline utilities add up to the most complete control you have on
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&CUPS;. The web interface is only a subset of all available
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configuration or control options. </para>
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<para>This is also true for &tdeprint;. Generally, as &CUPS; develops,
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most new features will first be implemented through the commandline. Be
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sure to check the latest versions of the man pages for &CUPS; to stay
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up-to-date with new features after you install a new version.</para>
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<tip>
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<para>Depending on your update method for &CUPS;, your active
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configuration file might not have been re-placed by a new one; thus your
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new, more capable &CUPS;-daemon might not have been told by the old
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configuration file about the new features to use.</para>
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</tip>
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<para>A complete list of available files and man pages should always be
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in the &CUPS; Software Administrator Manual (<ulink
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url="http://localhost:631/sam.html#FILES">http://localhost:631/sam.html#FILES</ulink>.
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In the &konqueror; &URL;/location field, type
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<userinput>man:/lpadmin</userinput> and
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<userinput>man:/cupsd.conf</userinput> to find out about the most
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important command and configuration file. You knew already about
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&konqueror;'s nice abilities to show you the traditional &UNIX; man
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pages, didn't you? Read this. From there you find more interesting
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hints and links to other man pages and documentation.</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>How to find &CUPS; related man pages</title>
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<para>Here is a way to find out which &CUPS; related man pages there
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are on your system: </para>
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<screen><prompt>kurt@transmeta:~ ></prompt> <userinput><command>apropos</command> <parameter>cups</parameter></userinput>
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<computeroutput>
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cups-calibrate (8)- ESP Printer Calibration Tool
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lpstat (1) - print cups status information
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cups-lpd (8) - receive print jobs + report printer status to lpd clients
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classes.conf (5) - class configuration file for cups
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backend (1) - cups backend transmission interfaces
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filter (1) - cups file conversion filter interfaces
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cups-polld (8) - cups printer polling daemon
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mime.types (5) - mime type description file for cups
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cupsd (8) - common unix printing system daemon
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lpadmin (8) - configure cups printers and classes
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cupsd.conf (5) - server configuration file for cups
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mime.convs (5) - mime type conversion file for cups
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printers.conf (5) - printer configuration file for cups
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mime.convs (5) - mime type conversion file for cups
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cups-polld (8) - cups printer polling daemon
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lpstat (1) - print cups status information
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backend (1) - cups backend transmission interfaces
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mime.types (5) - mime type description file for cups
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cupsd (8) - common unix printing system daemon
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lpadmin (8) - configure cups printers and classes
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printers.conf (5) - printer configuration file for cups
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cupsd.conf (5) - server configuration file for cups
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filter (1) - cups file conversion filter interfaces
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</computeroutput></screen>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="tips-and-tricks-for-cups">
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<title>Outside &tdeprint;: Hints & Tips Tricks with &CUPS; on the
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Commandline</title>
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<para>Here are a few examples of options that are presently only
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available if you use the commandline. </para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Allowing or denying printer access for certain users</title>
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<para>When installing (or modifying) a printer through the command line,
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you can either deny or allow the usage of that printer to certain
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users:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option><parameter>HeidelbergDigimaster9110</parameter> <option>-v</option> <parameter>lpd:/10.160.16.99/mqueue</parameter> <option>-u</option> <parameter>allow:kurt,sylvi,hansjoerg</parameter> <option>-E</option> <option>-P</option> <parameter>/home/kurt/PPDs/DVHV.ppd</parameter></userinput></screen>
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<para>will allow the usage of this (believe me: very nice and also very
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professional) printer to only the three mentioned users and at the same
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time deny it to all others. If another user wants to print on the
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DigiMaster via this &CUPS; server, he will receive an error message
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along the lines <errortype>client-error-not-possible</errortype>.</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>HeidelbergDigimaster9110</parameter> <option>-v</option> <parameter>lpd:/10.160.16.99/mqueue</parameter> <option>-u</option> <parameter>deny:tackat,boss,waba</parameter> <option>-E</option> <option>-P</option> <parameter>/home/kurt/PPDs/DVHV.ppd</parameter></userinput></screen>
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<para>will deny the usage of this same printer to the three mentioned
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users and at the same time allow it to all others. If
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<quote>denied</quote> user wants to print on the DigiMaster via this
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&CUPS; server, he will receive an error message along the lines
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<errortype>client-error-not-possible</errortype>.</para>
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<note>
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<para>Only one of the two options may be used at one time; at present
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there is no support to have a similar option in a per-group based
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way. This will be implemented in the future.</para>
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</note>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Imposing Quotas for certain printers</title>
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<para>Sometimes you want to impose quotas for certain printers. With
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quotas you can set upper limits for the number of pages or the amount of
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data to be printed over a certain period to a certain printer.</para>
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<para>Quotas can be set with the <option>-o</option> option when
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installing a printer with the <command>lpadmin</command> command, or
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afterwards for an already existing printer. Following are some
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guidelines (which are missing at the time of writing in the, official
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&CUPS; documentation):</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>With &CUPS; you may have pagecount- and filesize-based quotas for
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individual printers.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Quotas are calculated for each user individually (so a single set
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of limits applies to all users for the printer concerned).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Quotas include banner pages (if those are used).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>This means: you can limit every user to 20 pages per day on an
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expensive printer, but you cannot limit every user except <systemitem
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class="username">Kurt</systemitem> or <systemitem
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class="username">root</systemitem>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>There are <option>job-k-limit</option>,
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<option>job-page-limit</option>, and <option>job-quota-period</option>
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options to give when setting up a printer.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><option>job-quota-period</option> sets a time interval for quota
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computing (intervals are determined in seconds; so a day is
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60x60x24=86.400, a week is 60x60x24x7=604,800, and a month is
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60x60x24x30=2.592.000 seconds.)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>For quotas to be enforced, the time-period
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<emphasis>plus</emphasis> at least one job-limit must be set to
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non-zero.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The default value of 0 for <option>job-k-limit</option> specifies
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that there is no limit.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The default value of 0 for <option>job-page-limit</option>
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specifies that there is no limit.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The default value of 0 for <option>job-quota-period</option>
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specifies that the limits apply to all jobs that have been printed by a
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user that are still known to the system.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<sect3>
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<title>Working Examples:</title>
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<para>Working, as both, time-period <emphasis>plus</emphasis> one or
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both job-limits are defined</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_4850</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-quota-period=604800</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-k-limit=1024</parameter></userinput></screen>
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<para>This sets a limit of a file size of 1 MB (in total) for each user
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of existing printer <systemitem
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class="resource">danka_infotec_4850</systemitem> during one week.</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_4105</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-quota-period=604800</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-page-limit=100</parameter></userinput></screen>
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<para>This sets a limit of 100 pages (in total) for each user of
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existing printer <systemitem
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class="resource">danka_infotec_4105</systemitem> during one week.</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_P450</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-quota-period=604800</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-k-limit=1024</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-page-limit=100</parameter></userinput></screen>
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<para>This sets a combined limit of 1 MB (in total) and 100 pages (in
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total) for each user of existing printer <systemitem
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class="resource">danka_infotec_P450</systemitem> during one
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week. Whichever limit is reached first will take effect.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Not working examples</title>
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<para><emphasis>NOT</emphasis> working, as only
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<emphasis>one</emphasis>, time-period <emphasis>or</emphasis> job-limit
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is defined)</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_P320</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-quota-period=604800</parameter></userinput>
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<userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_FullColor</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-page-limit=100</parameter></userinput>
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<userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_HiSpeed</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-k-limit=1024</parameter></userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Related Error Messages</title>
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<para>Once a user reaches his quota limit, he'll get a
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<errortype>client-error-not-possible</errortype> message, if he wants to
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print.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Installing a <quote>raw</quote> printer</title>
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<para>There are different ways to define a <quote>raw</quote>
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printer. One comfortable one is to use the <command>lpadmin</command>
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command. Just don't define a &PPD; file to be used for that printer and
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it will be a raw one:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>Raw_Danka_infotec</parameter> <option>-E</option> <option>-v</option> <parameter>lpd://10.160.16.137/PORT1</parameter></userinput></screen>
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<para>Raw printer queues are those which don't touch the print file to
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transform it to a different file format. You need this for example when
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printing from &Windows; clients via Samba through a &CUPS; server to a
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<acronym>PCL</acronym> printer: in this case the &Windows; side printer
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driver would generate the finished print file format for the target
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printer and filtering it through &CUPS; filters would only harm the
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purpose. Under certain circumstances (if you want to make sure that the
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file goes to the printer <quote>unfiltered</quote> by &CUPS;) the
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<quote><command>lpadmin</command> without a &PPD;</quote> comes in
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handy.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="troubleshooting-cups">
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<title>Troubleshooting &CUPS; in &tdeprint;</title>
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<para>This section of the &tdeprint; Handbook will live from the
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readers' feedback. Here is just a small beginning.</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Error Messages</title>
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<qandaset>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>What does the error
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<errortype>client-error-bad-request</errortype> mean?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>The user sent a file to the &CUPS; which the server could not
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process. You get this also upon sending an <quote>empty</quote>
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file.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>And <errortype>client-error-not-possible</errortype>?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>User is either not allowed to print to a certain printer or has
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achieved his quota (based on file size and/or page number)</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>How about <errortype>client-error-not-found</errortype>?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>The user tried to access a nonexistent resource on the &CUPS;
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server, such as trying to print a nonexistent file, or one that you are
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denied permission to read.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Questions and Answers</title>
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<qandaset>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Why can't I re-start my jobs?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>To be able to re-start your <quote>completed</quote> jobs from the
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web interface, you need a setting in the
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<filename>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</filename> file: set
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<userinput>PreserveJobFiles True</userinput>.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>How do I get rid of the long list of completed jobs in the web
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interface?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>TODO</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>How does page accounting work?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>&CUPS; does the <quote>print accounting</quote> by passing nearly
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every job through the <quote>pstops</quote> filter. This one does,
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amongst other things, the page counting. Output of this filter there may
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be piped into other filters (like pstoraster --> rastertopcl) or sent to
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the printer directly (if it is a &PostScript; printer).</para>
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<para>In any case, this works for network, parallel, serial or
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<acronym>USB</acronym> printers the same. For pstops to work, it needs
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<acronym>DSC</acronym>, Document Structuring Convention compliant
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&PostScript; (or near-equivalent) as input. So it calculates the pages
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during filtering on the print server and writes info about every single
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page (what time, which user, which job-ID and -name, which printer, how
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many copies of which pages of the document, how many kilo-bytes?) into
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<filename>/var/log/cups/page_log</filename>.</para>
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<para>By the way: on my personal <quote>wishlist</quote> is a hack of
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<quote>webalizer</quote> to read and analyze the page_log and give a
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similar output. Anyone?</para>
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<para>However, it is <emphasis>not</emphasis> giving correct results in
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the following cases:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The printer jams and maybe therefor throw away the job (real live
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experience; or maybe throwing away the job because of problems with the
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data format)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Jobs printed as <quote>raw</quote> are always counted as size of 1
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page (and maybe multiple copies).</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Therefore the page accounting of &CUPS; is <quote>only</quote>
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an approximation (in many cases an excellent or at least good one, in
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others a quite poor one). The only reliable print count is the one
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done by the internal printer counter. (Because this is the one you pay
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for, if you are on a <quote>click price</quote> or similar.) Some, by
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far not most, printers can be queried remotely for that information
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via <acronym>SNMP</acronym> (Simple Network Management Protocol). That
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means, in a bigger network with many different printers there
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<emphasis>is</emphasis> just no completely reliable and accurate page
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accounting tool!</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Why doesn't page-accounting work with &Windows; clients?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>From &Windows; clients jobs nearly always need to be sent as
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<quote>raw</quote>. Why? If &CUPS; works as a print server for &Windows;
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clients using the original native &Windows; driver for the target print
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device, this guarantees the correct formatting of the job on the clients
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already; therefor the server should not touch it and print
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<quote>raw</quote>; therefor no filtering is started (and this is not
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even possible as the input from the clients is not &PostScript; as
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pstops expects; hence no page-count other than the default
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<quote>1</quote>.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>How do I get a list of available options for a given printer or a
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&PPD; file?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>See the man page for the <command>lpoptions</command> command. You
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may investigate a &CUPS;-enabled box about any option of its available
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printers. There is no need to have the printer installed locally. As
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long as the printer is available locally (through the &CUPS;
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<quote>printer browsing</quote> feature), it will also work
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remote.</para>
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<para>To query for a printers' option typing
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<userinput><command>lpoptions</command> <option>-p</option>
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<parameter>HitachiDDP70MicroPress</parameter>
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<option>-l</option></userinput> will give a long listing of all
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available options as read from the &PPD; file for the given
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Hitachi-Printer (in my case installed on remote server
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transmeta). Remote server <systemitem
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class="systemname">Transmeta</systemitem> and its &CUPS; daemon as well
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as the localhost's &CUPS; daemon need to be up and running for this to
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succeed.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>How do I read the listing retrieved by the
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<command>lpoptions</command> command?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>You know that for &PostScript; printer manufacturers it is
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<quote>legal</quote> to define their own internal names and procedures
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even for standard &PostScript; options. As long as the driver is able to
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retrieve the option from the &PPD; and show it to the user in a way that
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he understands it everything is OK. But what do <emphasis>you</emphasis>
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do, if you want to use some obscure printer options on the command line?
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How do you find out its exact syntax?</para>
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<para>Let's take an example. Looking at Hitachi's DDP70 printer and how
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it implements duplex printing is revealing somehow. How do you tell how
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to print double sided? duplex or Duplex? Or another name altogether?.</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpoptions</command> <option>-h</option> <parameter>transmeta</parameter> <option>-p</option> <parameter>Hitachi_DDP70_ClusterPrintingSystem</parameter> <option>-l</option> | <command>grep</command> <parameter>uplex</parameter></userinput></screen>
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<para>This leads to the output</para>
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<screen><computeroutput>TR-Duplex/Duplex: False *True</computeroutput></screen>
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<para>This is to be interpreted like follows:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The name of the investigated option is
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<option>TR-Duplex</option>;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Behind the slash you see the translation of the option, as it
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should be shown in a &GUI; or Web interface
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(<quote>Duplex</quote>);</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The option may take one of the two values
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<parameter>False</parameter> or <parameter>True</parameter>;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The present setting is <parameter>True</parameter> to be
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recognized by the marking with a star <literal>*</literal>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>To override the present default setting (duplex) and print a job
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in simplex, you need to use the following command: </para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lpr</command> <option>-P</option> <parameter>Hitachi_DDP70_ClusterPrintingSystem</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>TR-Duplex=False</parameter> <parameter>/path/to/your/printjob</parameter></userinput></screen>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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|
<para>How do I get a nicely formatted listing of available options for a
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given printer or &PPD;?</para>
|
|
</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Use the <command>lphelp</command> command which may be installed
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|
on your system locally. There is not yet a man page for
|
|
<command>lphelp</command>.</para>
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|
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<screen><userinput><command>lphelp</command> <parameter>infotecP450</parameter></userinput></screen>
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|
|
|
<para>This lists the available options for the named printer. It is
|
|
nicely formatted and does explain every available option and how to use
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|
it. You can query different printers' options at once:</para>
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|
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<screen><userinput><command>lphelp</command> <parameter>infotec7410color</parameter> <parameter>DANKA_fullcolor_D2000</parameter> <parameter>HP_ColorLaserJet8550</parameter></userinput></screen>
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|
<para>It also works for &PPD; files. Just specify the path to the
|
|
&PPD;:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>lphelp</command> <filename>/home/kurt/PPDs/HP-ColorLaserJet8550.ppd</filename></userinput></screen>
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|
</answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
</qandaset>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
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|
<sect2>
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|
<title>Solving Problems</title>
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|
|
|
<para>No system is perfect. Here are some commonly seen traps people
|
|
have fallen into.</para>
|
|
|
|
<qandaset>
|
|
<qandaentry>
|
|
<question>
|
|
<para>My printer named <quote>3-lp-duplex</quote> shows erratic
|
|
behavior. What's wrong?</para>
|
|
</question>
|
|
<answer>
|
|
<para>The printer names used in &CUPS; shall start with a letter and may
|
|
contain up to 128 letters, numbers or underscores. Using dashes may lead
|
|
to problems. Speaking about naming: printer names in &CUPS; are not case
|
|
sensitive. So a printer named <systemitem
|
|
class="resource">Best_of_Danka</systemitem> will be the same as
|
|
<systemitem class="resource">best_of_danka</systemitem> or <systemitem
|
|
class="resource">BEST_OF_DANKA</systemitem>. (This is a requirement of
|
|
&IPP;, which &CUPS; is fully compliant with).</para>
|
|
</answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
|
|
<qandaentry>
|
|
<question>
|
|
<para>Why do I get <errortype>Unable to connect to SAMBA host:
|
|
Success</errortype> with my printer shares from &Windows; accessed via
|
|
Samba?</para>
|
|
</question>
|
|
<answer>
|
|
<para>Are the rights on the remote &Windows; box set correctly for you?
|
|
Are you actually allowed to print on the &Windows; shared
|
|
printer?</para>
|
|
</answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
|
|
<qandaentry>
|
|
<question>
|
|
<para>My files for printer <systemitem class="resource">lp</systemitem>
|
|
sometimes mysteriously disappear and two days later I am told they got
|
|
printed on a printer three floors below my office. What is going on?</para>
|
|
</question>
|
|
<answer>
|
|
<para>Believe me, it is very unlikely that your printer is the only one
|
|
with the name <systemitem class="resource">lp</systemitem>. Maybe
|
|
&CUPS; is playing a trick on you. As you might have the setting
|
|
<quote>ImplicitClasses On</quote> activated, &CUPS; tries to stuff all
|
|
printers it sees on the network into a <quote>Class</quote> name lp. All
|
|
jobs destined to lp are sent to this class and the first available
|
|
member prints it. So if you had this nice fellow (who listened closely
|
|
when you raved about &CUPS; and &tdeprint;) install &CUPS; and poke
|
|
around the system...get the idea?</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Take my advice: choose a unique name for any network printer!
|
|
(Mind you, the one on your parallel port also turns out to be a network
|
|
printer for the rest of the world if you don't take care of your
|
|
settings).</para>
|
|
</answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
</qandaset>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
</chapter>
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