Apple Mac OS X Server Print Service Administration For Version 10.4 or Later Bedienungsanleitung

Mac OS X ServerPrint Service AdministrationFor Version 10.4 or Later

10 Preface About This Guide Getting Documentation Updates Periodically, Apple posts new onscreen help topics, revised guides, and additional solu

Preface About This Guide 11 Getting Additional InformationFor more information, consult these resources:Read Me documents—important updates and spe

12 Preface About This Guide

1 131 About Print ServiceMac OS X Server print service helps you set up a managed printing environment on your network. With a print server, you

14 Chapter 1 About Print Service Without Print ServiceProviding shared printers to your users, even without using a server, is relatively easy: co

Chapter 1 About Print Service 15 With Print ServiceTo take advantage of print service, you set up queues for available printers on a server. Users

16 Chapter 1 About Print Service Supported PrintersPrint service in Mac OS X Server supports:• PostScript-compatible printers connected to your net

Chapter 1 About Print Service 17 Supported ClientsAny computer using the IPP, LPR, AppleTalk, or SMB/CIFS protocol can print to queues shared throu

18 Chapter 1 About Print Service Workload Distribution Using Printer PoolsEach print service queue you set up is assigned to a single printer. The

Chapter 1 About Print Service 19 Security ConsiderationsAppleTalk and LPR printer queues do not support authentication. Print service relies on the

K Apple Computer, Inc.© 2005 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.The owner or authorized user of a valid copy of Mac OS X Server software may

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2 212 Setting Up Print ServiceThis chapter shows how to set up print queues and change print service settings using Server Admin.Before You Begin

22 Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service Setting Up the ServiceAdding a Print QueueYou can share any printer that has a queue set up for it on the ser

Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service 23 6 In the Queues pane, double-click the queue you have just added.7 In the General pane, type the queue name y

24 Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service Choosing a Default LPR QueueYou can use print service General settings in Server Admin to specify a default L

Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service 25 Setting the Print Log Archive Level and IntervalPrint service keeps a general service log and individual logs

26 Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service Advertising an LPR Queue Using BonjourYou can make it easier for your users to find shared LPR queues by adve

Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service 27 Listing an LPR Queue in Open DirectoryYou can make it easier for your users to find shared LPR queues by list

28 Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service Creating a Printer PoolYou can use Server Admin to create a printer pool.To create a printer pool:1 In Server

Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service 29 Starting Print ServiceYou can use Server Admin to start print service.After you start the service, it will re

3 1 Contents Preface 7 About This Guide7 What’s New in Version 10.4 7 What’s in This Guide 8 Using Onscreen Help 9 The Mac OS X Server Suite 1

30 Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service Setting QuotasThere are two parts to establishing print quotas:• Specifying the quota and time period for eac

Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service 31 Enforcing Print Quotas for a QueueTo enforce print quotas defined for users in Workgroup Manager, you turn on

32 Chapter 2 Setting Up Print Service Note: When you send a print job to a queue, CUPS checks the quota balance before it sends a page to the prin

3 333 Setting Up Printing for ClientsThis chapter shows how to set up client computers to use the printers offered by your print service.The Mac

34 Chapter 3 Setting Up Printing for Clients Mac OS X ClientsTo use queues offered by a server, Mac OS X users need to add the queues to their prin

Chapter 3 Setting Up Printing for Clients 35 To add an LPR print queue by IP address or DNS name:1 Open Printer Setup Utility and click Add.2 Choos

36 Chapter 3 Setting Up Printing for Clients TroubleshootingIf a Mac OS X client is having trouble printing, see Chapter 5, “Solving Problems,” on

Chapter 3 Setting Up Printing for Clients 37 6 Click OK, then Create. 7 Type a name and choose a location for the desktop printer icon, and click S

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4 394 Managing Print ServiceThis chapter shows how to perform routine management tasks for print service after you have it up and running.Typical

4 Contents 31 Enforcing Print Quotas for a Queue 31 Resetting a User’s Print Quota Chapter 3 33 Setting Up Printing for Clients33 About PPD Files 34

40 Chapter 4 Managing Print Service From the Command LineYou can also check to see if print service is running using the serveradmin command in Ter

Chapter 4 Managing Print Service 41 Managing Print QueuesThis section tells you how to perform day-to-day management of print queues.Viewing Print

42 Chapter 4 Managing Print Service Stopping a Print QueueTo prevent waiting jobs from printing, you can use Server Admin to stop the queue that co

Chapter 4 Managing Print Service 43 Restarting a Print QueueYou can use Server Admin to restart a stopped queue and resume printing for all waiting

44 Chapter 4 Managing Print Service From the Command LineYou can also change queue settings using the serveradmin command in Terminal. For more inf

Chapter 4 Managing Print Service 45 Deleting a Print QueueWhen you delete a print queue, jobs in the queue are also deleted. Note: If a job is pri

46 Chapter 4 Managing Print Service Managing Print JobsThis section tells you how to perform day-to-day management of print jobs.Monitoring a Print

Chapter 4 Managing Print Service 47 Putting a Print Job on HoldWhen you put a print job on hold, it is not printed until you take it off hold. If t

48 Chapter 4 Managing Print Service Restarting a Print JobWhen a print job has been placed on hold, it is not printed until you resume the job. Whe

Chapter 4 Managing Print Service 49 Deleting a Print JobYou can use Server Admin to delete a print job and prevent it from printing. To delete a pr

Contents 5 Chapter 5 53 Solving Problems53 Print Service Doesn’t Start 53 Clients Can’t Add Queue 53 Users Can’t Print 54 Jobs in a Server Queue Don’

50 Chapter 4 Managing Print Service 4 Deselect “Enforce quotas for this queue.”5 Click Save, then click the Back button (in the upper left).From th

Chapter 4 Managing Print Service 51 To view print service logs:1 In Server Admin, select Print in the Computers & Services list.2 Click Logs, t

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5 535 Solving ProblemsThis chapter shows how to troubleshoot print service problems.Try these suggestions to solve or avoid printing problems you

54 Chapter 5 Solving Problems • If Windows NT 4.x clients can’t print to the server, make sure that the queue name is not the TCP/IP address of the

55GlossaryGlossaryAFP Apple Filing Protocol. A client/server protocol used by Apple file service on Macintosh-compatible computers to share fil

56 Glossary command-line interface A way of interfacing with the computer (for example, to run programs or modify file system permissions) by ent

Glossary 57 drop box A shared folder with privileges that allow other users to write to, but not read, the folder’s contents. Only the owner has

58 Glossary Internet Generally speaking, a set of interconnected computer networks communicating through a common protocol (TCP/IP). The Internet

Glossary 59 mount (verb) In general, to make a remote directory or volume available for access on a local system. In Xsan, to cause an Xsan volum

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60 Glossary print queue An orderly waiting area where print jobs wait until a printer is available. The print service in Mac OS X Server uses pri

Glossary 61 single sign-on An authentication strategy that relieves users from entering a name and password separately for every network service.

62 Glossary user name The long name for a user, sometimes referred to as the user’s “real” name. See also short name.volume A mountable allocati

63IndexIndexAAFP servicedescribed 8AppleTalk printeradding a queue 22AppleTalk printingMac OS 8 or 9 clients 36Mac OS X clients 34authentication

64 Index overview 33specified in Open Directory 27viewing installed 33printer classes 18printer names. See queue namesPrinter Setup Utilitysett

7 Preface About This Guide Learn what’s new for Mac OS X Server Print Service Administration. Mac OS X Server version 10.4 allows you configur

8 Preface About This Guide Mac OS X Server includes print service based on four common protocols: • IPP—For printing from Macintosh, Windows, or

Preface About This Guide 9 The Mac OS X Server Suite The Mac OS X Server documentation includes a suite of guides that explain the services and