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--- wiki:components:printing [2011/11/12 14:35]
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+++ wiki:components:printing [2013/03/14 22:40]
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 ==== En Detail... ====
-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 package with the following command:
+The X2Go server-side printing component contains the script ''x2goprint'' which looks for incoming ''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 package with the following command:
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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.
+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: ''cups-x2go'') you have to add a »Virtual X2go Printer« backend to your CUPS server.
-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 CUPS-X2Go backend<code>
+$ sudo aptitude install cups-x2go
-  - install package ''cups-x2go''
+</code>
   - 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”
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     * 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:
+You may configure further options by editing the CUPS-X2Go config file ''/etc/cups/cups-x2go.conf'', but this should normally not be necessary. The below code block shows the default set of options:
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 <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>
+==== Client Side ====
+   - Run x2goclient
+   - Click on Settings (the wrench icon)
+   - Select the Printing Tab
+   - Select the "Print" radio button to print from a printer or select the "View as PDF" radio button to view as a PDF. (The command 'evince' worked better for me than xpdf. xpdf wouldn't run for some reason, even after I installed it).

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