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-====== X2Go Server Printing Component ======
-:!: **Before you begin!**
-> This page is targeted at people who use Debian/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:x2go-repository-debian|Debian]], [[wiki:x2go-repository-ubuntu|Ubuntu]] (depending on the distro that you have chosen for your X2Go server).
-===== Single-Node Printing =====
-<note>
-X2go Printing is intended for
-   * use on low bandwith networks – like internet connections or GSM connections
-   * 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).
-</note>
-X2Go Printing falls into two components:
-  * cups-x2go -- a CUPS backend that spools X2go print jobs
-  * x2goserver-printing -- the X2Go server-side printing add-on package.
-The X2Go server-side printing component contains the script ''x2goprint'' which accepts ''cups-x2go'' backend print jobs and processes them towards connected X2Go clients. It is an X2Go Server add-on included in the [[http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goserver.git;a=summary|X2Go server source project]].  Debian/Ubuntu users have to install the extra packages ''x2goserver-printing'':
-<code>
-$ sudo aptitude install x2goserver-printing
-</code>
-For being able to use X2Go printing, you'll need a running CUPS server. You can use your network's existing CUPS server or you can install a CUPS server on the same machine as the X2go server tools are running on.
-The minimal X2go server + CUPS setup is: install ''x2goserver'', ''x2goserver-printing'', ''cups'', ''cups-x2go'' on the same machine. Printing should work out of the box:
-<code>
-sudo aptitude install x2goserver x2goserver-printing cups cups-x2go
-</code>
-For local X2Go printing (local means here: all processes take place on the same machine) only one further step for setting up X2Go printing is necessary: after installing the X2Go CUPS engine (package: ''cups-x2go'') you have to a »Virtual X2go Printer« backend to your CUPS server.
-  - install package ''cups-x2go''
-  - add a new printer in CUPS, possibly named: »x2goprinter« (name is arbitrary)
-  - as printing device (i.e. backend) you should select the “Virtual X2go Printer”
-  - as printing driver choose:
-    * vendor: »generic«
-    * model: »Generic CUPS-X2GO Printer«
-You may configure further options by editing the file “/etc/cups/cups-x2go.conf” (the below code block shows the default set of options), but this should normally not be necessary:
-<code>
-##
-##  cups-x2go.conf -- CUPS Backend Configuration
-##
-## Server with x2go system
-#x2goserver = local
-## dsa key for user x2goprint
-#printdsa = /root/.x2go/ssh/.x2goprint/id_dsa
-## command to generate pdf files
-#ps2pdf = /usr/bin/gs -q -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="%s.pdf" -dAutoRotatePages=/PageByPage -dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -c .setpdfwrite -f "%s"
-## loglevel for cups-x2go, possible values: emerg, alert, crit, err, warn, notice, info, debug
-#loglevel = notice
-</code>
-<note>Before Sep 2011 configuring sudo was needed for local X2go printing, since then setting up sudo is only needed if CUPS with cups-x2go and the X2go server package are installed on //different// machines.</note>
-===== Multi-Node Printing =====
-For an X2Go setup where X2Go server and CUPS server are hosted on different machines, please refer to the [[wiki:advanced:multi-node:x2goserver-printing|Multi-Node X2Go Printing]] setup.

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