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| -rw-r--r-- | packaging/SGI/smbprint | 40 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/packaging/SGI/smbprint b/packaging/SGI/smbprint index 935f98bf92..0db8b6f7e3 100644 --- a/packaging/SGI/smbprint +++ b/packaging/SGI/smbprint @@ -5,46 +5,48 @@ # Version 1.0 13 January 1995 # modified from the original smbprint (bsd) script # -# this script is a System 5 printer interface script. It -# uses the smbclient program to print the file to the specified smb-based -# server and service. +# this script is a System 5 printer interface script. It uses the smbclient +# program to print the file to the specified smb-based server and service. # -# To add this to your lp system, copy this file into your samba directory -# (the example here is /opt/samba), modify the server and service variables -# and then execute the following command (as root) +# To add this to your lp system, modify the server and service variables +# and then execute the following command (as root): # -# lpadmin -punixprintername -v/dev/null -i/opt/samba/smbprint +# lpadmin -punixprintername -v/dev/null -i/usr/samba/bin/smbprint # # where unixprintername is the name that the printer will be known as # on your unix box. # # the script smbprint will be copied into your printer administration -# directory (/usr/lib/lp or /etc/lp) as a new interface -# (interface/unixprintername) -# Then you have to enable unixprintername and accept unixprintername +# directory (/usr/spool/lp) as a new interface (interface/unixprintername) +# Then you have to execute the following commands: # -# This script will then be called by the lp service to print the files +# enable unixprintername +# accept unixprintername +# +# This script will then be called by the lp service to print the files. # This script will have 6 or more parameters passed to it by the lp service. # The first five will contain details of the print job, who queued it etc, # while parameters 6 onwards are a list of files to print. We just -# cat these at the samba client. -# -# Set these to the server and service you wish to print to -# In this example I have a WfWg PC called "lapland" that has a printer -# exported called "printer" with no password. +# cat these to the samba client. # # clear out the unwanted parameters + shift;shift;shift;shift;shift + # now the argument list is just the files to print +# Set these to the server and service you wish to print to +# In this example I have a PC called "admin" that has a printer +# exported called "hplj2" with no password. +# server=admin service=hplj2 password="" +# NOTE: The line `echo translate' provides automatic CR/LF translation +# when printing. ( -# NOTE You may wish to add the line `echo translate' if you want automatic -# CR/LF translation when printing. - echo translate + echo translate echo "print -" cat $* ) | /usr/samba/bin/smbclient "\\\\$server\\$service" $password -N -P > /dev/null |