Re: Setting up a print queue directory

From: Tony (mtony75_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/30/05 

Date: 29 Jul 2005 23:04:07 -0700

Thanks, will try to implement this weekend.

Greg Andrews wrote:
> "Tony" <mtony75@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >I have been charged with setting up a remote print queue on our Solaris
> >8 server. Problem is the queue is just supposed to accept the jobs and
> >store them in a directory to be accessed at a later date. Not printed
> >to a printer. I can not find any documentation on how to setup
> >something like this. Any leads anyone might have, even a URL or book
> >for me to read to get the answer myself would help more than you know.
> >
>
> This can be done, but it's not a built-in feature of the stock Solaris
> print software. You'll have to modify a shell script to store the files
> in the directory (without creating duplicate filenames, etc.).
>
> Here's the basic configuration:
>
> lpadmin -p dirlp -v /dev/null -T unknown -I any
> accept dirlp
> enable dirlp
>
> (the "-I any" has an uppercase i as the option letter, not a
> lowrcase L)
>
> This is a local printerconfig, not a remote printer. Since you want
> the files stored on the local disk, it makes no sense whatsoever to
> define a remote printer. Solaris will just try to send the files to
> another machine, and you don't want that.
>
> After you've entered the above commands, the print software will create
> the file /etc/lp/interfaces/dirlp. This is a shell script written by
> Sun to feed print files to a local printer. It is invoked for each
> print job that reaches the front of the print queue.
>
> You will replace that shell script with the one you've modified to
> store the files into the directory. My advice would be to not modify
> the one created by the print software. It's far more complex than you
> will need.
>
> Instead, go to http://playground.sun.com/printing/ and click on the
> link titled "Interface Scripts". That page has a simplified script
> that's much easier to modify, and a decent explanation of the command
> line arguments and environment variables that are passed to the script
> when the print software invokes it.
>
> This should get you started in the right direction. (on the other hand,
> installing replacement print software that's based on the BSD lpd print
> system might be simpler if you're not comfortable with shell scripts)
>
> -Greg
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