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[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Gavin McCullagh wrote:

> is it possible in Edubuntu to hook a thin client to a printer and share
> that across the network?  If so, how is it done?  If not, how come and is
> there some way I can work on adding this?

Sorry to answer my own question but I figured out an amount and got this
temporarily working.

I gave the thin client a static IP and rebooted it.  I then logged in on
the thin client console (I created an account previously) and did:

 - sudo /usr/lib/ltsp/lp_server -d /dev/usblp0 &
 - exit

I then 
 - logged into the Edubuntu graphical system as usual, 
 - ran "system->administration->printers"
 - clicked new printer, selected "HP Direct", put in the name of the thin
   client (ip address would do either), selected the correct driver for my
   printer.
 - printed a test page successfully.

So, it works and relatively painlessly.  What doesn't seem to work is that
even though I placed the entries in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf as
suggested here:

  http://www.skolelinux.no/~klaus/newnotater/c2628.html#ltsp-printer

[specialneeds1]
PRINTER_0_DEVICE =/dev/usblp0
PRINTER_0_TYPE   =U

it didn't seem to automatically start the lp_server process.  Is this not
currently supported on Edubuntu or do I presume I just got something wrong
in the syntax?

I guess if it's not there by default I can put in a startup script which
looks for the above ENV vars and starts the lp_server if they're set?

Gavin