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====== How to: PrintManager and non-unique iNEWS system names ======

===== Problem =====
The PrintManager identifies an iNEWS system by its name. Therefore if there are two different iNEWS system with the same name in a network that have to be served by a single PrintManager configuration this will cause trouble.

===== Solution outline =====

The first possible solution is of course to rename one of the iNEWS systems. If this is not possible the name of one iNEWS system in the PrintManager configuration must be changed. Take some virtual name and replace the name of one of the iNEWS systems in the PrintManager configuration with that virtual name.
On the PrintServer this has to be done in the //inewsconf.xml// and the 
//iNewsSystems.txt// configuration files.

On the PrintClient this has to be done in the PrintClient registry entries.
Printing a queue from the first iNEWS system can be done as usual. To 
print a queue from the second system the PrintClient has to be started with the following command line arguments:

<code>printclient.exe -s <virtual_system_name> -q <queue_name></code>

===== Detailed solution =====

Let's assume there is a network containing two iNEWS systems with the 
name NRCS. To print from one of both systems there has to be a unique name for each system in the PrintManager configuration. The following steps describe how to change the name of the second iNEWS system in the PrintManager configuration to //NEWS//.

==== 1. Changing the inewsconf.xml on the server ====

Go to the PrintServer installation directory and edit the 
//inewsconf.xml// configuration file. Insert a system entry for the second NRCS system and give this system the name //NEWS//. Now there are two systems.

The first named //NRCS//. The IP adresses or host names point to the iNEWS servers of the first iNEWS system. The second system is named //NEWS//. Its IP adresses or host names point to the servers of the second iNEWS system.

==== 2. Changing the iNewsSystems.txt on the server ====

Go to the home directory of the PrintClient ftp user on the PrintServer 
(default: /home/printclient). In the status directory there is the iNewsSystems.txt file defining the available stylesheets for the different iNEWS systems. Add an entry for the //NEWS// system and add the stylesheets that should be available for this system.
<code>
[NRCS]
style1.xsl First_Style
style2.xsl Second_Style
[NEWS]
style1.xsl First_Style
style2.xsl Second_Style
</code>

==== 3. Restart the PrintServer ====

Restart the PrintServer. After restarting go to the home directory of 
the PrintClient ftp user on the PrintServer (default: /home/printclient). Open the //status.txt// file in the status directory. There should now be a status entry for the system //NRCS// and for the system //NEWS//.

==== 4. Alter the PrintClient registry entry ====

Go to the PrintClient machine open the registry editor and navigate to 
the Printclient registry entries (HKLM/Software/Hmedia/PrintClient/Systems). Add an entry for the system //NEWS//. Now there should be an entry for //NRCS// and for //NEWS//. The value of both entries is the same.





==== 5. Start the PrintClient ====

If the PrintClient is now started with

<code>printclient.exe -s NEWS -q training.rundown</code>

it will open the PrintClient GUI containing //NEWS// as the system to 
print from and //training.rundown// as the queue. A printstyle can be chosen and printing can be started.

The startup of the PrintClient can be made easier by creating buttons to copy the current queue into the Windows clipboard. How to do this is described in another PrintManager forum entry [[how-to-start-the-printclient-in-gui-mode-already-containing-the-current-queue]].

//Sebastian Lorenz, 06.08.2008 05:53: //

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