LDAP-UX Client Services B.05.01 Administrator Guide for HP directory servers and Windows ADS

5.3 Printer configuration parameters
The LDAP-UX Client Services provides four printer configuration parameters, start,
search_interval , max_printers and lpadmin_option available for you to customize
and control the behaviors of the printer configurator. These parameters are defined in the
ldapclientd.conf file. For detailed information on these new parameters, see “Administering
LDAP-UX Client Services” (page 182).
5.4 Printer schema
The printer schema and attributes used in an HP directory server environment differ from those
used in a Windows ADS environment.
5.4.1 Printer schema in an HP directory server environment
In an HP directory server environment, the new printer schema RFC 3712 is used to create the
printer objects that are relevant to the printer configurator services. The draft printer schema can
be obtained from the IETF website at:
http://www.ietf.org
For the detailed structure information of the new printer schema, see “LDAP-UX Client Services
object classes” (page 406). You must import the new printer schema into the LDAP directory server
to create new printer objects.
NOTE: The LDAP printer configurator supports any LDAP-based directory servers that support the
LDAP printer schema based on RFC 3712.
5.4.1.1 Example of a printer object entry
The following shows a typical printer object entry:
dn: printer-name=printer1,ou=printers,dc=cup,dc=hp,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: printerabstract
objectclass: printerservice
objectclass: printerlpd
printer-name: lj81003
printer-uri: lpd://hostA.hp.com/lj81003
printer-location: 47L
printer-make-model: hp laser jet 81003
printer-service-person: John Louie
With the new printer schema, you are able to create printer objects for the LP printer configuration.
The minimum information for a printer object entry is the local printer name, remote host name,
and the remote printer name. The remote host name is the system or device that the remote printer
is connected to. The remote host name must be the fully qualified name.
The printer-name attribute provides information of local printer name, the printer-uri
attribute identifies the remote host name and the remote printer name information. URI stands for
uniform resources identifier. The syntax of URI is based on RFC 2396. The following shows an
example of the printer-uri attribute:
printer-uri: lpd://hostA.hp.com/lj2004
5.4.2 Printer schema in a Windows ADS environment
The Windows 2003 R2 or 2008 Active Directory Server (ADS) contains the built-in printer schema.
The printer schema is used to create the printer objects that are relevant to the printer configurator
services. The attributes of this schema are not the same ones supported by the LDAP-UX printer
configurator and defined in RFC 3712 . This section describes how to use the Windows ADS
built-in schema to manage the networked printers.
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