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New-TpmsObjTpPortLpr

Description

Requirement

Syntax

Example 1: cmdlet usage

Example 2: Script containing New-TpmsObjTpPortLpr



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.

Note!  Please also refer to the section Connecting printers to ThinPrint Ports.


Requirement

  • ThinPrint Engine

ThinPrint Management Services: path of print data with ThinPrint LPD printing

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>] 
ParameterDescription
-Name

printer port name to be created; the port name must end with a colon ( : ), examples:

LprPort: or "Lpr Port:"

-Queueprinter queue name on a Linux or Unix machine or on a print server appliance; see Printer queue 
-Filterif available, name a decompression filter installed on the (Linux or Unix) target machine; one character can be given (default: l, small letter); see LPD decompres­sion filter
-CompressData

switches data compression ON or OFF if a decompression filter can be used on a Linux or Unix machine

1: on

0: off

see No data compression

-BandwidthCtrl

bandwidth for printing limited to 1–10,000 kbit/s (kbps); see Bandwidth control; default: unlimited

Up to installer version 1.0.53 or 1.0.61, the value had to be given in bps instead of kbps.

-Compression

compression level

{Disabled | Level0 | Level1 | BestSpeed | Level2 | Level3 | Level4 | Level5 | Lev­el6 | Default | Level7 | Level8 | Level9 | BestCompression}

For Level9 see Minimum print data volume

-PackageSizesize of IP datagrams (in Byte) to be sent to the ThinPrint Client (default: 65535)
-Scheme

Old: printer naming convention

ClientAddress#PrinterName

New: printer naming convention

PrinterName#ClientAddress

(default)

see Naming convention

-Versionoptional: ThinPrint Port Monitor version (default: 151257685)

ThinPrint Port settings: LPD port type (Lpd)

ThinPrint Port settings: LPD port type (Lpd)

ThinPrint Port settings: Naming convention

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 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

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

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)

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