ThinPrint Management Services

Description

Defines a model for an LPD type¹ ThinPrint Port. The model is represented by a container that predefines all printer ports to be installed by Tpms.Agent in one variable.

Afterwards, this model can be used to define the target machine using New-TpmsObjApplyAgent and to perform the installation process using Start-TpmsApplyByAgent.

Requirement

• ThinPrint Engine

path of print data with ThinPrint LPD printing

Syntax

New-TpmsObjTpPortLpr -Name <string> -Queue <string> [-Filter <char>] [-CompressData <boolean>] [-BandwidthCtrl <uint32>] [-PackageSize <uint32>] [-Version <uint32>]

ClientAddress#PrinterName

PrinterName#ClientAddress

ThinPrint Port settings: LPD port type (Lpd)

ThinPrint Port settings: Naming convention

Example 1: cmdlet usage

New-TpmsObjTpPortLpr -Name Lpd: -BandwidthCtrl 256 -Queue lp0 -Filter c -CompressData 1

Defines a ThinPrint Port with the denomination Lpd:, the print protocol LPR/LPD with bandwidth limited to 256 kbit/s (kbps), the target printer queue name Lp0, data compression ON and the decompression filter name c (on the target machine).

Example 2: Script containing New-TpmsObjTpPortLpr

The following script creates and shares a number of ThinPrint printers with native drivers – each with a Thin­Print LPD Port. The printer information is retrieved from the .csv file network-printers01.csv. The printer properties are retrieved from the templates of the relevant native drivers.

For each printer read from the definition file a relevant ThinPrint printer with a native driver as well as a ThinPrint Port is created.

• The definition file network-printers01.csv:

"Selected","PrinterName","PortName","Address","DriverName","TemplateName"

"1","PRN01-BLN","PRN01-BLN:","192.168.209.203","Lexmark T644 Class Driver","Lexmark T644 Class Driver"

"1","PRN02-OSL","PRN02-OSL:","192.168.149.129","HP Color LaserJet 9500 PCL6 Class Driver","HP Color LaserJet 9500 PCL6 Class Driver"

"1","PRN03-STK","PRN03-STK:","192.168.130.98","HP Universal Printing PCL 6","HP Universal Printing PCL 6"

"1","PRN04-KPN","PRN04-KPN:","192.168.143.36","OKI PCL6 Class Driver","OKI PCL6 Class Driver"

• The PowerShell script:

$allports = @()

$printers = @()

$allprinters = @()

$portnum = 0

Import-Csv -Path .\network-printers01.csv | foreach {

if($_.Selected -eq 1)

{

$allports += New-TpmsObjTpPortLpr -Name ([string]::Format("ThinPort{0:D3}:", $portnum)) -Queue Lp1

$printer = $_.PrinterName

$address = $_.Address

$printers = New-TpmsObjPrinter -Name ([string]::Format("{0}#{1}",$printer, $address)) -Driver $_.DriverName -Port ([string]::Format("ThinPort{0:D3}:", $portnum)) -Template $_.TemplateName

Add-TpmsSharingInfo -Printers ($printers) -Name $_.PrinterName -Mode Network

$allprinters += $printers

$portnum += 1

}

}

$srva = New-TpmsObjApplyAgent -Name "cps47.ourdomain.local" -Port 5050 -Printers ($allprinters) -Ports ($allports)

Start-TpmsApplyByAgent -Action Deploy -Servers ($srva) | Format-TpmsDispatch

Start-TpmsApplyByAgent -Action Deploy creates ports and printers on the target machine and -Action Remove deletes them.

Printers folder on the central print server: template printers before running the script

Printers folder on the central print server: template printers as well as four ThinPrint printers (with native drivers) created and shared by the script above

ThinPrint Port Manager: template printers connected to ThinPort: as well as ThinPrint printers connected to four LPD type ThinPrint Ports created by the script above

^{1 Print data are sent – bandwidth controlled – via the LPR/LPD protocol directly to Line Printer Daemons (LPDs)}