pserver - NetWare print server


SYNOPSIS

       pserver  [  -S server ] [ -h ] [ -U user name ] [ -P pass­
       word | -n ] [ -C ] [ -q queue name ] [ -c command ]  [  -j
       job type ] [ -t timeout ] [ -d ]


DESCRIPTION

       pserver is a program that connects to print queues on Net­
       Ware servers and feeds incoming print jobs  to  the  Linux
       printing system.


OPTIONS

       -h
          -h is used to print out a short help text.

       -S server
          server is the name of the server you want to use.

       -U user
          user is the print server name at the server.

       -P password
          password is the password to use for the print server at
          the server. If neither -n nor -P  are  given,  and  the
          user  has  no  open  connection  to the server, pserver
          prompts for a password.

       -n
          -n should be given if the print server does not require
          a password.

       -C
          By default, passwords are converted to uppercase before
          they are sent  to  the  server,  because  most  servers
          require this. You can turn off this conversion by -C.

       -q queue name
          queue  name  is the name of the print queue you want to
          service.

       -c command
          When a job is received from the  print  queue,  pserver
          forks  off  a  new  process,  and feeds the job file to
          stdin.  command is the printing command  that  is  exe­
          cuted for each job. The default command is 'lpr'.

          You can insert several flags into the command, preceded
          by %. These are replaced with values retrieved from the
          queue structure for the print job.

          who posted this print job.

          %d: This field will be replaced by the job  description
          field of this print job.

       -j job type
          Each  job  in a NetWare print queue has a job type. For
          print jobs, this corresponds to the number of the  form
          the job should be printed on. You can tell pserver that
          it should only receive jobs for one specific form  from
          the  queue.  The default is -1, which means that every­
          thing is received.

       -t timeout
          Pserver is not informed by  NetWare  servers  when  new
          jobs  arrive.  So a polling scheme has to be used. When
          there are no jobs to service, timeout tells pserver how
          long  to  wait  between two requests. The default is 30
          seconds. When a job is finished, pserver asks the  Net­
          Ware  server  immediately  for  a new job, and does not
          wait timeout seconds.

       -d
          Normally, pserver daemonizes itself.  -d tells  it  not
          to  do  so. This is useful if you want to see the diag­
          nostic messages that are printed when a error occurs.


SEE ALSO

       nwclient(5),     slist(1),     pqlist(1),     ncpmount(8),
       ncpumount(8)


CREDITS

       pserver was written by Volker Lendecke (lendecke@math.uni-
       goettingen.de)


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