Printer Administration

How Groovix handles public printing

Groovix Reservation Stations are configured with a print queue service called CUPS which holds print jobs from being released pending payment from the patron. The print drivers for each printer in use are stored locally on each workstation. Each workstation sends print jobs to the printer host-name and IP address (hosted at the reservation station), in most cases of installing or changing printers, the reservation station need not change at all.

Installing a printer in Groovix

1. Open the Groovix Menu and choose option '1. Printer Administration'
2. Add a new printer by clicking the [New] button
3. Click the arrow next to Network Printer
4. Choose AppSocket/Hp JetDirect from the list of network printers
5. Type the IP address of the reservation station into the host field (leave default port number) and click [forward]
6. Choose the make of the printer and click [forward]
6. Choose the model of the printer and choose the hpijs driver for that model and click [forward]
7. The install wizard will now close and the new printer should appear in the printer

After all printers have been installed, a GroovixNetCustomization needs to be created to have all other workstations update to the new printer(s) and/or driver(s).

Changing a printer driver

1. Pick a workstation, open an xterm window and stop cups (the print service) with the following command [/etc/init.d/cups stop] 2. Backup a copy of the cups file by typing the following command [cp -rp /etc/cups/ /root/etc.cups{date}] 3. Start cups by typing the following command [/etc/init.d/cups start] 4. Open the Groovix Administration Menu and choose Printer Administration 5. Add a new printer by clicking the 'New' button 6. Click the arrow next to Network Printer 7. Choose AppSocket/HP JetDirect from the list of network printers 8. Type the IP address of the reservation station into the host field, leave the port number as it is and click forward 9. Choose the make of the printer and click forward 10. Choose the model of the printer and choose the hpijs driver for that model and click forward 11. The install wizard should now close and you should now see the new printer in the printer list

After this printer is installed, a network customization install needs to be created on the Groovix server to have each of the other workstations pick up this new printer/driver upon next boot.