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Requirements

  • JDK 1.5+
  • Apache ant 1.7+
  • CUPS 1.3.2+
  • Samba 3.0.24+

First install

Download

Download the latest version of the package esup-cupsbackend from http://sourcesup.cru.fr/frs/?group_id=319

Uncompress

Unzip the distribution files somewhere in your source hierarchy (something like /usr/local/src/esup-backend).

This will create a foder like /usr/local/src/esup-cupsbackend/esup-cupsbackend-x.y.z.

Configure

Edit the following configuration files to fit to your environment (examples are provided):

  • /build.properties: tell the application where and how to install.
  • /properties/config.properties: configure the application runtime.
  • /properties/logging/log4j.properties: configure the logs of the backend.
  • /properties/logging/log4j-batch.properties: configure the logs of the batch commands. The folder tmpDir set in /properties/config.properties should be writable by the CUPS user (usually lp) as it used by esup-cupsbackend to store the states of the queues. The folder that contains the logs (see /properties/logging/log4j.properties) should also be writable by the CUPS user (the folder and not just the file, to allow log4j rotations).

Deploy

Simply run:

ant deploy

Use

When modifying a printer through the CUPS web interface, CUPS should now show a new backend named ESUP-Portail.

Use a URI of one of the following forms: 

esup://address?backend=socket&port=xxx[&accounting=xxx]
esup://address?backend=ipp[&port=xxx]&path=xxx[&accounting=xxx]
esup://address?backend=lpd&path=xxx[&accounting=xxx]

Parameter backend is the real backend used by esup-cupsbackend to effectively print the job, other parameters are backend-dependent. 

Possible accounting implementations are defined in /properties/domain/domain.xml. A common URI when using the ESUP-Portail CUPS backend is:

esup://printer.domain.edu?backend=socket&port=9100&accounting=hp

Upgrades

Download the latest version of your package and install beside your previous installation at the same filesystem level (/usr/local/src/esup-cupsbackend in our example).

unzip the package.

go to the newly created directory.

Recover your previous configuration files by running:

ant recover-config

Deploy:

ant deploy
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