I don't think that Robert's suggestion should be necessary on mandrake. You will see that a netware cups backend is already in the mandrake 10 rpm. The file is /usr/lib/cups/backend/nprint. Its a bash script.
It seems from my investigations that: (a) the netware backend is not part of the official cups source code. (b) in the best unix tradition netware backend (really a bridge between nprint and cups) is a hack [1], and it seems that each distro uses a different hack. Fedora has a script written by Redhat (surprise surprise). The mandrake one is written by someone called Mark Horn (email address in the script). The Gentoo ebuild does not include one at all. see man 1 backend - errr looks like mandrake does not have the man pages, there is documentation available through the web front end. [1] thats not a pejorative term. On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 10:08:54 +1200 Ian Laurenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will try it when I get to Lincoln Uni later today. > Thanks, Ian > > On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 09:37, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > > I think this could be what you need..... > > > > http://prope.insa-lyon.fr/~ppollet/netware/lin2nds/docs/trucsastuces.ssi > > > > Regards, Robert > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ian Laurenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, 8 July 2004 9:13 a.m. > > To: clug > > Subject: Re: Printing to Novell queues? > > > > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 23:00, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > > I suspect that you need a package called ncpfs and that the program > > > therein called nprint is the key to this. As I do not have a novell > > > print queue handy I cannot test. > > > > > Thanks Nick - I have ncpfs installed and can run nprint to print a file. > > What I haven't been able to figure out is how to configure CUPS (or a > > CUPS equivalent) to use nprint so that I can easily print from any > > application. While Mandrake10 has "wizards" to help setup printing to > > networked printers Novell print queues don't seem to feature, unless > > there is something obvious that I am overlooking. > > > > Cheers, Ian Laurenson > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
