[cups.general] New to CUPS implemntation

[Norm Jacobs]

Perhaps not exactly what you are looking for, but maybe this will get 
you thinking about the problem a little differently. 

This appears to be less about the print service and more about how you 
implement "print" from inside your web based application.  Is it 
possible to have your web based application print to the 
correct/closest/... printer when they hit the "print" button? yes.  It's 
only software.  With the right level of understanding and investment, 
you can usually get the desired result.

It may not be feasible if you are using JavaScript to print via the 
window.print() method to do the printing from the browser itself in the 
manner you want.  If I remember correctly, that method will open the 
browser's print dialog, but will not pre-select a printer and will not 
print automatically.  Of course, that may be perfectly acceptable for 
your situation.

If you are generating output and submitting it to print from the web 
server side, there are a number of possible approaches that can be made 
to work, but they have nothing to do with the specifics of CUPS or any 
other print service.  It's more likely to be about correlating the 
browser address (or user login via cookies, ...) to the corresponding 
printer via table lookup or other heuristic in a backend cgi or 
similar.  If the printing is done from the web server side, it means 
that the web server must have access to a print server that can access 
the printers.

You might explore this requirement more fully before deciding on an 
implementation strategy.  Each possible approach has it's own set of 
costs and limitations.

There may be other constraints like application security, network 
security, mobile access, ... that may force you toward a particular 
approach.

More complete requirements and constraints might get you more help.

       -Norm

beckham wrote:
> Guys,
> I am new to CUPS and i have read only few introduction documents on CUPS and IPP. I have a problem here. I have a business requirement here. We are going to host a new
> Web application. In that we have requirement , the client who are accessing the application will have the local network
> printers attached to them and will be sitting in some other location. In one of the page , they will say print. When they do it, i must find the printer which is attached to them and print the data. The printer will have an static IP which i will know.
>
> Is this possible with the help of CUPS. If yes, how do i install cups . Should i have seperate machine as a
> print server ? Is there any books or documents which gives a complete installation and configuration steps for CUPS.
> And also give me steps to implement the above scenario.
>
> Please somebody help me.
>