LDAP Printer Configurator Support
Managing the LP printer configuration
Managing the LP printer configuration
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Following are five examples to show how the LDAP printer configurator provides central management of printer services based on the printer objects stored in the Directory Server:
Example 1:
An administrator sets up a new printer located in the Engineering Lab and wants this printer to be shared. This printer is physically connected to a system hostA and is set up as a local printer lj2004. The administrator creates a new printer entry in the directory server as follow:
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A new printer configuration for laser2 is created automatically in every client system if the LDAP printer configurator is running. The print queue for laser2 is enabled and ready to accept print jobs. Users can sent their print jobs to laser2 by typing lp
Example 2:
IT department would like to store additional service information in the printer object. The administrator modifies the printer object by adding more printer attributes. The modified content of the printer object is shown as below:
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