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Printing to screen
This is how to setup a HACK that re-directs printouts to a screen.
Limitations:
- Only works on Linux
- Can only send output to a pre-defined DISPLAY
Background work:
Become the root user
su -
Ensure SELinux is disabled or a SELinux rule is set to allow cups to run scripts from /etc/cups/interfaces/
- Install mpage and ggv
yum install mpage ggv
Go to the lp user's home directory
cd ~lp
Create the files required by ggv for the lp user
touch .recently-used mkdir .gnome .gnome2 .gnome2_private chown lp:lp .recently-used .gnome .gnome2 .gnome2_private
Reports
- Create a CUPS printer:
Device = file:/dev/null
- Type = Raw Print Queue
Go to the /etc/cups/interfaces/ directory
- Create a file of the same name as the newly created CUPS printer
export DISPLAY=<Required X11 display> TEMPFILE=/tmp/`basename $0`.$$ cat $6 > $TEMPFILE.1 cat $TEMPFILE.1 | mpage -1 -o -ba4 > $TEMPFILE.2 cat $TEMPFILE.2 | gs -q -sDEVICE=pswrite -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=$TEMPFILE.3 - /usr/bin/ggv --display=$DISPLAY $TEMPFILE.3
- Create a Control printer
- Text Printer = Y
- Type = Form Printer
- Set the required terminal record to use the new "printer"
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Dockets
- Create a CUPS printer:
Device = file:/dev/null
- Type = Raw Print Queue
Go to the /etc/cups/interfaces/ directory
- * Create a file with the same name as the newly created CUPS printer
export DISPLAY=<_Required_X11_Display_> TEMPFILE=/tmp/`basename $0`.$$ LOGO=/etc/cups/interfaces/<_Docket_Logo_>.epsi cat $6 > $TEMPFILE.1 cat $TEMPFILE.1 | mpage -1 -o -ba4 > $TEMPFILE.2 /usr/bin/pstops 0\(0cm,-3cm\) $TEMPFILE.2 $TEMPFILE.3 cat $TEMPFILE.3 | cat $LOGO - >$TEMPFILE.4 cat $TEMPFILE.4 | gs -q -sDEVICE=pswrite -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dDEVICEXRESOLUTION=90 -dDEVICEYRESOLUTION=90 -sOutputFile=$TEMPFILE.5 - /usr/bin/ggv --display=$DISPLAY $TEMPFILE.5
- * Create a Control printer
- Text Printer = Y
- Type = Form Printer
- Set the required terminal record to use the new "printer"
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Overlays
- Create a CUPS printer:
Device = file:/dev/null
- Type = Raw Print Queue
Go to the /etc/cups/interfaces/ directory
- Create a copy of the overlay script.
- Add the following lines:
export DISPLAY=<_Required_X11_Display_> ... <_Body_of_Overlay_Script_> ... gs -sDEVICE=pswrite -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=$TEMPFILE.final $TEMPFILE.*.ps /usr/bin/ggv --display=$DISPLAY $TEMPFILE.final #cat $TEMPFILE.final
- Create a Control printer
- Text Printer = Y
- Type = Form Printer
- Set the required terminal record to use the new "printer"
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