Cups for SME Server 8

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For questions or comments regarding this HOWTO, contact Shiena Tadeo of Computing SOS.

Install Jbig-Kit

  1. Download Jbig-Kit.
    2. cd /tmp/
wget http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/download/jbigkit-2.0.tar.gz
tar -zxvf jbigkit-2.0.tar.gz
  2. Before compiling jbig-kit, make sure gcc is installed to avoid this error make[1]: gcc: Command not found.
    3. rpm –qa | grep gcc

    You will have similar output below if it is installed: 

    libgcc-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1
gcc-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1
  3. If you only have the libgcc, you still need to install the gcc, here’s how:
    4. yum install gcc

    If you will get an error "No package gcc available. Nothing to do" then do this: 

    wget ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/sourceware.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-4.7.1/gcc-4.7.1.tar.gz
  4. Change directory to your uncompressed jbigkit folder:
    5. cd jbigkit
make
make test
make clean

Install SpliX

  1. Download SpliX 2.0.0 (latest version at the time of writing)
    2. cd ../
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/splix/splix-2.0.0.tar.bz2
tar –jxvf splix-2.0.0.tar.bz2
cd splix-2.0.0

    If you will receive this error, /bin/sh: g++: command not found, then issue this command: 

    yum install gcc-c++

    Then you might receive an error, /bin/sh: cups-config: command not found, then issue this command: 

    yum install cups-devel
  2. Copy libjbig.a to /usr/lib/folder.
    3. cp include/libjbig.a /usr/lib/.
  3. We can now build the binaries and executable program from the source code.
    4. make
make install

Install GhostScript

  1. Download and install GhostScript
    2. cd /tmp/
wget http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/rvandenaker/testing/smeserver-cups/repositories/7.0/RPMS/i386/ghostscript-8.15.2-0.rvda.1.i386.rpm
yum localinstall ghostscript-8.15.2-0.rvda.1.i386.rpm

Install CUPS

  1. Install CUPS from sme-contribs (version 1.3.7 is the latest version at the time of writing)
    2. yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs cups
  2. Update SME
    3. signal-event post-upgrade
  3. To start CUPS everytime a server reboots.
    4. ln -s /etc/init.d/cups /etc/rc7.d/S93cups
ln -s /etc/init.d/cups /etc/rc6.d/K93cups

Access CUPS Administration Page

  1. On your console, issue this command:
    2. elinks http://localhost:631
  2. Go to Administration tab, enable Allow remote administration. Don't forget to click Change Settings.
  3. Now you can login to server's CUPS thru a web browser using your server's IP address or hostname (https://192.168.100.1:631/admin or https://servername:631/admin)

Add a Printer

As an example, we will be adding Samsung SCX-4216f (USB connected to D-Link DP-300u printer server) to CUPS, accessible for Windows 7 64-bit client.

  1. Go to Administration tab
  2. Tick the following and make sure to click Change Settings:
  • Share published printers connected to this system
  • Allow printing from the internet
 
  • Click Add Printer
  • Use the following:
    Name: SamsungSCX4216f
    Location: Office
    Description: Samsung SCX-4216f Device: LPD/LPR Host or Printer Device URI: lpd://ps1/usb1 (assuming your D-Link DP-300u hostname is ps1 and the queue name is usb1) Make: Samsung Model: Samsung SCX-4200, SpliX V.2.0.0 (pt_Br)
  • Now on your Windows 7 computer, go to:
    •  

    Note: You can see the exact URL of your printer by clicking the printer name while in CUPS administration page as per image below.
     
    • Select Generic from the left side menu, then select MS Publisher Imagesetter
     
    • Now do a test print.
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