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.

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.

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:

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:

cd jbigkit
make
make test
make clean

Install SpliX

1. Download SpliX 2.0.0 (latest version at the time of writing)

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.

cp include/libjbig.a /usr/lib/.

3. We can now build the binaries and executable program from the source code.

make
make install

Install GhostScript

1. Download and install GhostScript

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)

yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs cups

2. Update SME

signal-event post-upgrade

3. To start CUPS everytime a server reboot.

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:

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

3. Click Add Printer
4. 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)
5. Now on your Windows 7 computer, go to:
• Start, Devices and Printers, Add Printer
• Select Select a shared printer by name then type http://192.168.100.1:631/printers/SamsungSCX4216f.
  


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.