************************************************************************** * Turboprint for Linux - a printer driver system for Linux * (c) ZEDOnet GmbH 2000-2004 all rights reserved * * ZEDOnet * Meinrad-Spieß-Platz 2 * D-87660 Irsee * Germany * WEB: http://www.turboprint.de * EMAIL: mail@turboprint.de ************************************************************************** tpsetup - a printer setup tool for turboprint ============================================= IMPORTANT: tpsetup must be started from a root login The menu structure of tpsetup: main menu | printer administration Command line parameters ======================= If called without parameters, tpsetup will be in interactive mode (see below). tpsetup --install Install a keyfile tpsetup --uninstall Delete all installed printer configurations The main menu ============= A list of the printers that were set up by turboprint is shown. The term "printer" in this document means actually a "printer configuration" (or in LINUX terms a "printer queue"): several printer configurations for the same physical printer can exist (e.g. one for draft and one for photo quality printing). If no printers have been set up yet, the list is empty. Nr. - a reference number for the printer Def. - "lp" is shown here, if the printer is the default printer Short - short name for the printer configuration Configuration - long name for -"- Connection - how the printer is connected, e.g. local printer / remote ... smb (remote windows printer) / ncp (remote netware printer) Output - the name of the device or a remote printer name Spooldir - the spool directory for this printer (within /var/spool/lpd/ ) The following options are available in the administration menu: - Administration (rename / set device / delete) -------------------------------------------------------- Administrate a certain printer. Please use the number shown at the beginning of a list entry. D - Default printer ------------------- Choose which printer should be the default printer "lp" (If you don't specify a specific printer when printing via lpr, the default printer is used). A - Add printer --------------- Add a new printer. There are two ways to add a printer C - Clone a printer This will create a duplicate of an existing printer that was set up in tpsetup. A - Add other printer A list with all available printers is shown. Please enter the number of the printer you want to add. A new printer entry will be created with default settings. After the printer has been added, the printer administration for the new printer will be called, so that the names and the output device can be chosen. Q - Return to main menu ----------------------- Return to the main menu. The printer administration menu =============================== This menu offers options to specify the printer port or a remote printer, to rename and delete a printer: S - Short Name -------------- Change the short name of the printer. The short name is used when printing via "lpr". E.g. if the short name is "tp0", enter lpr -Ptp0 printjob.ps L - Long Name ------------- Change the long name of the printer. The long name is usually the printer manufacturer and model, e.g. "Epson_StylusColor900", plus some additional information (to discern several printer queues for the same physical printer), e.g. "Epson_StylusColor900_draft". C - Connection -------------- The printer connection can be chosen here: Local printer - the printer is directly connected to a port (parallel, serial, USB) File - the output is sent to a file Remote Unix LPD printer - the printer is connected to a printer server Remote Windows printer - the printer is connected to a Windows computer Remote Netware printer - the printer is connected to a Netware server Depending on the selected "connection", different options are available: "Output" = "Device": N - Device Name --------------- The local device that the printer is connected to, e.g. /dev/lp0 for the first parallel port. "Output" = "File": N - Filename ------------ If the output should be stored in a file. Please enter the full path name. The lp daemon must have write access, so the /tmp directory is a possible choice. "Output" = "Remote" E - Server Name --------------- The name of a Linux or Unix printer server. N - Printer Name ---------------- The name of the printer on the server. "Output" = "SMB" E - Server Name --------------- The name of a Windows printer server (or a Linux server with Samba). N - Printer Name ---------------- The name of the printer. U - User Name (optional) ------------------------ The user name, if necessary. P - Password (optional) ----------------------- The password, if necessary. Important: The password is stored as plain ascii text in this version, it is not encrypted! Don't use the same password for login and printer access! W - Workgroup (optional) ------------------------ The workgroup, if the printer server is not in the same workgroup. I - IP Address (optional) ------------------------- The IP address, if necessary. "Output" = "NCP" E - Server Name --------------- The name of a Netware printer server (or a Linux server with Samba). N - Printer Name ---------------- The name of the printer. U - User Name (optional) ------------------------ The user name, if necessary. P - Password (optional) ----------------------- The password, if necessary. Important: The password is stored as plain ascii text in this version, it is not encrypted! Don't use the same password for login and printer access! R - Remove printer ------------------ Remove the printer. (It is actually removed when tpsetup is left with "S - Save".) Q - return to main menu ----------------------- Return to main menu.