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- | ====== X2Go Server | + | ====== X2Go Client-Side |
For being able to use X2Go printing, you'll need a running CUPS server. You can use your network' | For being able to use X2Go printing, you'll need a running CUPS server. You can use your network' | ||
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X2Go Printing is intended for | X2Go Printing is intended for | ||
- | * use on low bandwith | + | * use on low bandwidth |
* use of printers that are directly connected to X2Go (thin-)clients | * use of printers that are directly connected to X2Go (thin-)clients | ||
For other scenarios, please use a central CUPS server (see multi-node printing below) without the X2Go printing feature installed. | For other scenarios, please use a central CUPS server (see multi-node printing below) without the X2Go printing feature installed. | ||
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:!: **Before you begin!** | :!: **Before you begin!** | ||
- | > This page is targeted at people who use Debian/ | + | > This page is targeted at people who use Debian/Raspbian/Ubuntu packages provided by the X2Go project. Please make sure that you have added the X2Go repository to your package management system. The required steps are described here: [[wiki:repositories: |
===== Single-Node Printing ===== | ===== Single-Node Printing ===== | ||
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==== En Detail... ==== | ==== En Detail... ==== | ||
- | The X2Go server-side printing component contains the script '' | + | The X2Go server-side printing component contains the script '' |
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- | :!: Note that X2Go printing requires the user(s) need(s) to be added to the fuse group on the server, as it uses the file and folder sharing to transfer the spool file to the client. | + | :!: Note, that on older systems, |
For single-node X2Go printing (means: all steps of the printing process take place on the same machine) only one further step for setting up X2Go printing is necessary: after installing the X2Go CUPS engine (package: '' | For single-node X2Go printing (means: all steps of the printing process take place on the same machine) only one further step for setting up X2Go printing is necessary: after installing the X2Go CUPS engine (package: '' | ||
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## command to generate pdf files | ## command to generate pdf files | ||
- | #ps2pdf = /usr/bin/gs -q -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=" | + | ## CAUTION: this command MUST output the resulting PDF File to standard output. |
+ | #ps2pdf = /usr/bin/gs -q -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=- -dAutoRotatePages=/ | ||
## loglevel for cups-x2go, possible values: emerg, alert, crit, err, warn, notice, info, debug | ## loglevel for cups-x2go, possible values: emerg, alert, crit, err, warn, notice, info, debug | ||
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</ | </ | ||
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