Difference between revisions of "Printer Administration"

Revision as of 22:01, 28 September 2010

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 (a 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 Printer Administration
2. Add a new printer by clicking the [New] button
3. Choose the proper interface for your printer from the device list
4. Fill out any relevant data for the chosen device
4a. If using a network printer, type the IP address of the reservation station into the host field (leave default port number)
5. Click the [Forward] button
6. Choose the make of the printer and click [Forward]
7. Choose the model of the printer and choose the relevant driver for that model and click [Forward]
8. 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. Open an xterm window through the Groovix Menu and stop the CUPS print service by typing the command /etc/init.d/cups stop
2. Backup a copy of the CUPS file by typing the command cp -rp /etc/cups/ /root/etc.cups{date}*
3. Start CUPS by typing the command /etc/init.d/cups start
4. Open the Groovix Menu and choose Printer Administration
5. Add a new printer by clicking the [New] button
6. Choose the proper interface for your printer from the device list
7. Fill out any relevant data for the chosen device
7a. If using a network printer, type the IP address of the reservation station into the host field (leave default port number)
8. Click the [Forward] button
9. Choose the make of the printer and click [Forward]
10. Choose the model of the printer and choose the relevant driver for that model and click [Forward]
11. The install wizard will now close and the new printer should appear in the printer

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

* Enter the current date in MMDDYY format inbetween the {} brackets