RE: SV: Another printing question

Hi Einar,

Im glad you found my Howto for USB printing in Citrix ICA of some use!

To answer your question about using my framework but with a standard LPT
printer instead of a USB one. Yes it's possible with very few modifications.

Basically all you should have to do is change the '/etc/printcap' file to 
point
towards the standard LPT port device instead of the detected USB one.
Do the following:
change:

	:lp=/dev/usb/lp0:\

to

	:lp=/dev/lp0:\

Again make sure to have the printer (printer.o) module loaded, but
obviously you wont need the usb subsystem drivers anymore (at least
to get this going).

Also with this setup all of the print jobs are spooled on the local
thin client system in the '/var/spool/printer' directory as specified in
the '/etc/printcap' file.

Hope this helps

Justin


>Hello again :)
>
>We have 8000 users spread all over the country, and each major city has its
>own serverfarm(s) and printerserver(s).
>All clients are running on NT 4.0 and WinXP.
>
>Now I want to add thin clients into the mix.
>Some users have local printers which they can connect to using con2prn IF
>its a printdriver installed on the Citrix serverfarm. The big majority of
>users use a big workgroup laser printer on a printserver.
>
>When we throw in thin clients, I'd like to keep the ability to use local
>printers. The problem I have is that the thin clients use DCHP and get a
>different IP address over time. The users dont have the rights to add a
>TCP/IP port in the Terminal Server session, so enabling local printing in
>the thin client gets difficult to handle.
>
>This can be solved by reserving the IP address of the clients that need a
>local printer and make a printqueue on the printserver with the thin 
>clients
>IP address. Then we make a batchfile the user can run to connect the 
>printer
>locally via the printserver.
>However, this forces us to keep track of thin clients who needs to have a
>static IP.

>So I'd like some input on how this can be done differently, either by doing
>it via ICA or enabling printer locally.
>
>I got the USB howto for ICA from Diego that Justin Chevrier wrote, which is
>really nice, but I don't think we will be buying and using printers with 
>USB
>only. All printers are networked unless its a desktop printer only meant 
>for
>one or a few users.
>
>Is there a way to do the same thing Justin Chevrier did with USB to work
>with just a 'plain' LPT printer too ?
>This could be a solution for me. But I don't want the Citrix server to act
>as a printserver, which I think would happen in this scenario...or am I
>wrong ?
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Einar

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