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diff --git a/doc/kdeprint/cupsoptions.docbook b/doc/kdeprint/cupsoptions.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index bd0ba95a3..000000000 --- a/doc/kdeprint/cupsoptions.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,602 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="cupsoptions-presently-outside-kcontrol"> -<title>&CUPS; options presently not available through &kcontrol;</title> - -<para>This chapter gives you some hints about further configuration -possibilities which may not be available through the &tdeprint; &GUI; -interface to &CUPS;.</para> - -<sect1> -<title>Overview of provided features</title> - -<para>All of the most often used features and functions &CUPS; provides -are supported in &tdeprint;.</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Printer management is supported: add, remove, modify, configure, -test, disable, enable ...</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Job management is supported: cancel, hold, release, move to -different printer</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Print options: for full control as provided by &CUPS;.</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="where-to-find-further-chupshelp"> -<title>Where to find help when using &CUPS;</title> - -<para>A lot of information about the inner workings of &CUPS; is -available through the web interface, which &CUPS; will always -support. It works with any browser (yes, even text-based ones). Just go -to <ulink url="http://localhost:631/">http://localhost:631/</ulink> for -a start. There you find a link to locally available &CUPS; documentation -in <acronym>HTML</acronym> and <acronym>PDF</acronym> if you are new to -&CUPS;.</para> - -<para>&CUPS; is accessible through other means than &tdeprint;: -commandline and browser are two native &CUPS; interfaces. The many -commandline utilities add up to the most complete control you have on -&CUPS;. The web interface is only a subset of all available -configuration or control options. </para> - -<para>This is also true for &tdeprint;. Generally, as &CUPS; develops, -most new features will first be implemented through the commandline. Be -sure to check the latest versions of the man pages for &CUPS; to stay -up-to-date with new features after you install a new version.</para> - -<tip> -<para>Depending on your update method for &CUPS;, your active -configuration file might not have been re-placed by a new one; thus your -new, more capable &CUPS;-daemon might not have been told by the old -configuration file about the new features to use.</para> -</tip> - -<para>A complete list of available files and man pages should always be -in the &CUPS; Software Administrator Manual (<ulink -url="http://localhost:631/sam.html#FILES">http://localhost:631/sam.html#FILES</ulink>. -In the &konqueror; &URL;/location field, type -<userinput>man:/lpadmin</userinput> and -<userinput>man:/cupsd.conf</userinput> to find out about the most -important command and configuration file. You knew already about -&konqueror;'s nice abilities to show you the traditional &UNIX; man -pages, didn't you? Read this. From there you find more interesting -hints and links to other man pages and documentation.</para> - -<sect2> -<title>How to find &CUPS; related man pages</title> - -<para>Here is a way to find out which &CUPS; related man pages there -are on your system: </para> - -<screen><prompt>kurt@transmeta:~ ></prompt> <userinput><command>apropos</command> <parameter>cups</parameter></userinput> -<computeroutput> -cups-calibrate (8)- ESP Printer Calibration Tool -lpstat (1) - print cups status information -cups-lpd (8) - receive print jobs + report printer status to lpd clients -classes.conf (5) - class configuration file for cups -backend (1) - cups backend transmission interfaces -filter (1) - cups file conversion filter interfaces -cups-polld (8) - cups printer polling daemon -mime.types (5) - mime type description file for cups -cupsd (8) - common unix printing system daemon -lpadmin (8) - configure cups printers and classes -cupsd.conf (5) - server configuration file for cups -mime.convs (5) - mime type conversion file for cups -printers.conf (5) - printer configuration file for cups -mime.convs (5) - mime type conversion file for cups -cups-polld (8) - cups printer polling daemon -lpstat (1) - print cups status information -backend (1) - cups backend transmission interfaces -mime.types (5) - mime type description file for cups -cupsd (8) - common unix printing system daemon -lpadmin (8) - configure cups printers and classes -printers.conf (5) - printer configuration file for cups -cupsd.conf (5) - server configuration file for cups -filter (1) - cups file conversion filter interfaces -</computeroutput></screen> -</sect2> -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="tips-and-tricks-for-cups"> -<title>Outside &tdeprint;: Hints & Tips Tricks with &CUPS; on the -Commandline</title> - -<para>Here are a few examples of options that are presently only -available if you use the commandline. </para> - -<sect2> -<title>Allowing or denying printer access for certain users</title> - -<para>When installing (or modifying) a printer through the command line, -you can either deny or allow the usage of that printer to certain -users:</para> - -<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> - -<para>will allow the usage of this (believe me: very nice and also very -professional) printer to only the three mentioned users and at the same -time deny it to all others. If another user wants to print on the -DigiMaster via this &CUPS; server, he will receive an error message -along the lines <errortype>client-error-not-possible</errortype>.</para> - -<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> - -<para>will deny the usage of this same printer to the three mentioned -users and at the same time allow it to all others. If -<quote>denied</quote> user wants to print on the DigiMaster via this -&CUPS; server, he will receive an error message along the lines -<errortype>client-error-not-possible</errortype>.</para> - -<note> -<para>Only one of the two options may be used at one time; at present -there is no support to have a similar option in a per-group based -way. This will be implemented in the future.</para> -</note> - -</sect2> -<sect2> -<title>Imposing Quotas for certain printers</title> - -<para>Sometimes you want to impose quotas for certain printers. With -quotas you can set upper limits for the number of pages or the amount of -data to be printed over a certain period to a certain printer.</para> - -<para>Quotas can be set with the <option>-o</option> option when -installing a printer with the <command>lpadmin</command> command, or -afterwards for an already existing printer. Following are some -guidelines (which are missing at the time of writing in the, official -&CUPS; documentation):</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>With &CUPS; you may have pagecount- and filesize-based quotas for -individual printers.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Quotas are calculated for each user individually (so a single set -of limits applies to all users for the printer concerned).</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Quotas include banner pages (if those are used).</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>This means: you can limit every user to 20 pages per day on an -expensive printer, but you cannot limit every user except <systemitem -class="username">Kurt</systemitem> or <systemitem -class="username">root</systemitem>.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>There are <option>job-k-limit</option>, -<option>job-page-limit</option>, and <option>job-quota-period</option> -options to give when setting up a printer.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para><option>job-quota-period</option> sets a time interval for quota -computing (intervals are determined in seconds; so a day is -60x60x24=86.400, a week is 60x60x24x7=604,800, and a month is -60x60x24x30=2.592.000 seconds.)</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>For quotas to be enforced, the time-period -<emphasis>plus</emphasis> at least one job-limit must be set to -non-zero.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>The default value of 0 for <option>job-k-limit</option> specifies -that there is no limit.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>The default value of 0 for <option>job-page-limit</option> -specifies that there is no limit.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>The default value of 0 for <option>job-quota-period</option> -specifies that the limits apply to all jobs that have been printed by a -user that are still known to the system.</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<sect3> -<title>Working Examples:</title> - -<para>Working, as both, time-period <emphasis>plus</emphasis> one or -both job-limits are defined</para> - -<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> - -<para>This sets a limit of a file size of 1 MB (in total) for each user -of existing printer <systemitem -class="resource">danka_infotec_4850</systemitem> during one week.</para> - -<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> - -<para>This sets a limit of 100 pages (in total) for each user of -existing printer <systemitem -class="resource">danka_infotec_4105</systemitem> during one week.</para> - -<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> - -<para>This sets a combined limit of 1 MB (in total) and 100 pages (in -total) for each user of existing printer <systemitem -class="resource">danka_infotec_P450</systemitem> during one -week. Whichever limit is reached first will take effect.</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3> -<title>Not working examples</title> - -<para><emphasis>NOT</emphasis> working, as only -<emphasis>one</emphasis>, time-period <emphasis>or</emphasis> job-limit -is defined)</para> - -<screen><userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_P320</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-quota-period=604800</parameter></userinput> - -<userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_FullColor</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-page-limit=100</parameter></userinput> - -<userinput><command>lpadmin</command> <option>-p</option> <parameter>danka_infotec_HiSpeed</parameter> <option>-o</option> <parameter>job-k-limit=1024</parameter></userinput></screen> - -</sect3> - -<sect3> -<title>Related Error Messages</title> - -<para>Once a user reaches his quota limit, he'll get a -<errortype>client-error-not-possible</errortype> message, if he wants to -print.</para> - -</sect3> - -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Installing a <quote>raw</quote> printer</title> - -<para>There are different ways to define a <quote>raw</quote> -printer. One comfortable one is to use the <command>lpadmin</command> -command. Just don't define a &PPD; file to be used for that printer and -it will be a raw one:</para> - -<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> - -<para>Raw printer queues are those which don't touch the print file to -transform it to a different file format. You need this for example when -printing from &Windows; clients via Samba through a &CUPS; server to a -<acronym>PCL</acronym> printer: in this case the &Windows; side printer -driver would generate the finished print file format for the target -printer and filtering it through &CUPS; filters would only harm the -purpose. Under certain circumstances (if you want to make sure that the -file goes to the printer <quote>unfiltered</quote> by &CUPS;) the -<quote><command>lpadmin</command> without a &PPD;</quote> comes in -handy.</para> - -</sect2> - -</sect1> -<sect1 id="troubleshooting-cups"> -<title>Troubleshooting &CUPS; in &tdeprint;</title> - -<para>This section of the &tdeprint; Handbook will live from the -readers' feedback. Here is just a small beginning.</para> - -<sect2> -<title>Error Messages</title> - -<qandaset> -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>What does the error -<errortype>client-error-bad-request</errortype> mean?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>The user sent a file to the &CUPS; which the server could not -process. You get this also upon sending an <quote>empty</quote> -file.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>And <errortype>client-error-not-possible</errortype>?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>User is either not allowed to print to a certain printer or has -achieved his quota (based on file size and/or page number)</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>How about <errortype>client-error-not-found</errortype>?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>The user tried to access a nonexistent resource on the &CUPS; -server, such as trying to print a nonexistent file, or one that you are -denied permission to read.</para> -</answer> - -</qandaentry> -</qandaset> - -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Questions and Answers</title> - -<qandaset> -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>Why can't I re-start my jobs?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>To be able to re-start your <quote>completed</quote> jobs from the -web interface, you need a setting in the -<filename>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</filename> file: set -<userinput>PreserveJobFiles True</userinput>.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>How do I get rid of the long list of completed jobs in the web -interface?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>TODO</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>How does page accounting work?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>&CUPS; does the <quote>print accounting</quote> by passing nearly -every job through the <quote>pstops</quote> filter. This one does, -amongst other things, the page counting. Output of this filter there may -be piped into other filters (like pstoraster --> rastertopcl) or sent to -the printer directly (if it is a &PostScript; printer).</para> - -<para>In any case, this works for network, parallel, serial or -<acronym>USB</acronym> printers the same. For pstops to work, it needs -<acronym>DSC</acronym>, Document Structuring Convention compliant -&PostScript; (or near-equivalent) as input. So it calculates the pages -during filtering on the print server and writes info about every single -page (what time, which user, which job-ID and -name, which printer, how -many copies of which pages of the document, how many kilo-bytes?) into -<filename>/var/log/cups/page_log</filename>.</para> - -<para>By the way: on my personal <quote>wishlist</quote> is a hack of -<quote>webalizer</quote> to read and analyze the page_log and give a -similar output. Anyone?</para> - -<para>However, it is <emphasis>not</emphasis> giving correct results in -the following cases:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>The printer jams and maybe therefor throw away the job (real live -experience; or maybe throwing away the job because of problems with the -data format)</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Jobs printed as <quote>raw</quote> are always counted as size of 1 -page (and maybe multiple copies).</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Therefore the page accounting of &CUPS; is <quote>only</quote> -an approximation (in many cases an excellent or at least good one, in -others a quite poor one). The only reliable print count is the one -done by the internal printer counter. (Because this is the one you pay -for, if you are on a <quote>click price</quote> or similar.) Some, by -far not most, printers can be queried remotely for that information -via <acronym>SNMP</acronym> (Simple Network Management Protocol). That -means, in a bigger network with many different printers there -<emphasis>is</emphasis> just no completely reliable and accurate page -accounting tool!</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>Why doesn't page-accounting work with &Windows; clients?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>From &Windows; clients jobs nearly always need to be sent as -<quote>raw</quote>. Why? If &CUPS; works as a print server for &Windows; -clients using the original native &Windows; driver for the target print -device, this guarantees the correct formatting of the job on the clients -already; therefor the server should not touch it and print -<quote>raw</quote>; therefor no filtering is started (and this is not -even possible as the input from the clients is not &PostScript; as -pstops expects; hence no page-count other than the default -<quote>1</quote>.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>How do I get a list of available options for a given printer or a -&PPD; file?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>See the man page for the <command>lpoptions</command> command. You -may investigate a &CUPS;-enabled box about any option of its available -printers. There is no need to have the printer installed locally. As -long as the printer is available locally (through the &CUPS; -<quote>printer browsing</quote> feature), it will also work -remote.</para> - -<para>To query for a printers' option typing -<userinput><command>lpoptions</command> <option>-p</option> -<parameter>HitachiDDP70MicroPress</parameter> -<option>-l</option></userinput> will give a long listing of all -available options as read from the &PPD; file for the given -Hitachi-Printer (in my case installed on remote server -transmeta). Remote server <systemitem -class="systemname">Transmeta</systemitem> and its &CUPS; daemon as well -as the localhost's &CUPS; daemon need to be up and running for this to -succeed.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>How do I read the listing retrieved by the -<command>lpoptions</command> command?</para> -</question> - -<answer> -<para>You know that for &PostScript; printer manufacturers it is -<quote>legal</quote> to define their own internal names and procedures -even for standard &PostScript; options. As long as the driver is able to -retrieve the option from the &PPD; and show it to the user in a way that -he understands it everything is OK. But what do <emphasis>you</emphasis> -do, if you want to use some obscure printer options on the command line? -How do you find out its exact syntax?</para> - -<para>Let's take an example. Looking at Hitachi's DDP70 printer and how -it implements duplex printing is revealing somehow. How do you tell how -to print double sided? duplex or Duplex? Or another name altogether?.</para> - -<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> - -<para>This leads to the output</para> - -<screen><computeroutput>TR-Duplex/Duplex: False *True</computeroutput></screen> - -<para>This is to be interpreted like follows:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>The name of the investigated option is -<option>TR-Duplex</option>;</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Behind the slash you see the translation of the option, as it -should be shown in a &GUI; or Web interface -(<quote>Duplex</quote>);</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>The option may take one of the two values -<parameter>False</parameter> or <parameter>True</parameter>;</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>The present setting is <parameter>True</parameter> to be -recognized by the marking with a star <literal>*</literal>.</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>To override the present default setting (duplex) and print a job -in simplex, you need to use the following command: </para> - -<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> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para>How do I get a nicely formatted listing of available options for a -given printer or &PPD;?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para>Use the <command>lphelp</command> command which may be installed -on your system locally. There is not yet a man page for -<command>lphelp</command>.</para> - -<screen><userinput><command>lphelp</command> <parameter>infotecP450</parameter></userinput></screen> - -<para>This lists the available options for the named printer. It is -nicely formatted and does explain every available option and how to use -it. You can query different printers' options at once:</para> - -<screen><userinput><command>lphelp</command> <parameter>infotec7410color</parameter> <parameter>DANKA_fullcolor_D2000</parameter> <parameter>HP_ColorLaserJet8550</parameter></userinput></screen> - -<para>It also works for &PPD; files. Just specify the path to the -&PPD;:</para> - -<screen><userinput><command>lphelp</command> <filename>/home/kurt/PPDs/HP-ColorLaserJet8550.ppd</filename></userinput></screen> -</answer> -</qandaentry> -</qandaset> - -</sect2> -<sect2> -<title>Solving Problems</title> - -<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> |