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Title: Printing with wabi on a Novell printer queue

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Printing with wabi on a Novell printer queue

Question:

Solution:

• Create a directory /var/spool/csbwabi.
• Extend the /etc/printcap to:

  csbwabi:\
          :sd=/var/spool/csbwabi:\
          :rm=csbwabi:\
          :rp=/tmp/wabiprint:\
          :bk:sh:mx#0:
  

• Create an script /usr/local/bin/wabiprint:

  #!/bin/sh
  #
  # by Ralf Burger 1997  - Inside-Internet Gmbh
  # http://www.ralfBurger.com
  # ralf@ralfburger.com
  #
  # dirty - und auch nicht besonders quick :)
  #
  # Druckt aus einem druckspooler-Verzeichnis per nprint
  # auf eine novell-printerque
  #
  # Wird benoetigt, damit wabi auf Novell-Printerques
  # drucken kann
  #
  #
  #/usr/local/bin/wabiprint
  #
  #
  cd /var/spool/csbwabi
  if test -s cf* ;then
          for ctlfile in cf* ; do
                  grep "Udf" ${ctlfile}|tail -c 14 > /tmp/csbwabi.tmp
                  read datafile < /tmp/csbwabi.tmp
                  if test -n  ${datafile} ; then
                          nprint -S servername -U guest -P 12345 -q Q1 
  ${datafile}
                          rm ${datafile}
                          rm ${ctlfile}
                          fi
          done
  fi
  

  Of course the servername, username password and printer queue are to be adjusted in it. See man nprint
• Execute this script on cron on a continuous basis, e.g. by the following entry with crontab -e:

  SHELL=/bin/sh
  PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin
  MAILTO=root
  * * * * * sh /usr/local/bin/wabiprint
  

Credits:

Keywords: PRINT, PRINTER, WABI, NPRINT, NCPFS

Feedback welcome: Send Mail to skfr@suse.de (Please give the following subject: SDB-lp_wabi_nprint)

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