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Introduction to administering Xprint V7.0 Rules for configuring the system
servers and for receiving jobs sent from partner systems. Gateways of the type
PARTNER represent remote spooler clients as possible job originators for Xprint
V7.0 resources or print service providers.
Notes on the configuration
– Every gateway of the type PARTNER which supports a print protocol must have
at least a gateway of the type LOCAL with the same print protocol assigned in
the backward-link list (-bl option). This list is required for finding a local
gateway which is capable of sending jobs to this partner.
– Every BSD print server must be represented by a BSD gateway of the type
PARTNER. The BSD server can also be accessed via the fast filter bsd. The
advantage of the fast filter is that Xprint V7.0 converts the data. Gateways,
on the other hand, provide additional functions:
– you can find out the status of jobs you have sent to a BSD server.
– you can remove jobs you have sent to the BSD spooler system from that
system.
– you can display the status of the BSD print queue.
It therefore makes sense to use fast filters for sending print jobs to a BSD
system; however, if you want to have access to the full BSD functionality, you
must use gateways. This only works if the local BSD gateway is defined on
the host of the printer that uses the fast filter bsd.
– Every BSD user should be represented by a BSD gateway of the type
PARTNER. Furthermore, the gateway of the type LOCAL which receives the BSD
jobs must allow the spoolin of jobs from this partner. This means the -ag
option must be set to ALL for the local gateway or the name of the gateway
of the type PARTNER must be specified directly.
– Every Xprint V7.0 or DPRINT domain from which jobs can be submitted for
the local domain must be represented by a gateway of the type GIP2
PARTNER. Furthermore, the local gateway which receives a GIP2 job must
allow the spoolin of jobs from this partner. This means the -ag option must
be set to ALL for the local gateway or the name of the gateway of the type
GIP2 PARTNER must be entered specifically.
– No two gateways of the type LOCAL with the same port number (-ga) can run
on one host at any one time. This is prevented by the network.