PrinterSetup
PrinterSetup is a flexible printer setup system. It is tailored to institutions with more than 20 deployed printers. It is designed to work with CUPS on Mac OS X. PrinterSetup is a component of PrintingWorks, a print accounting solution. There is limited documentation. Apple package deployment requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later, and is untested on earlier versions. Apple package development requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and Xcode 3.0 or later.
| Tags | printing Networking Systems Administration Terminals Utilities |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X Unix |
| Implementation | Other Scripting Engines Unix Shell bash |
Recent releases
- 25 May 2009 06:11
Changes: The Linux support for various scripts was improved.
- 21 Apr 2009 08:55
Changes: Various improvements were made to the dynamic and package deployment systems, including various scripts to assist with setup and reduce manual editing of PSF files.
- 18 Nov 2008 14:47
Changes: This release includes the second incarnation of the dynamic deployment system for Mac OS X. A key aspect of this release is how much less time it takes to get the dynamic deployment system packaged up and deployed to client machines for a specific domain. You no longer need to edit the various files by hand. Instead, you can run a script which will copy the template and configure them to your domain.
- 04 Nov 2008 00:56
Changes: This release focuses on a dynamic deployment system for Mac OS X. This feature allows print queues to be added and removed automatically, depending upon various system changes. For example, this feature may be configured to add and remove specific print queues as a laptop moves between various wireless networks.
- 12 Oct 2008 08:23
Changes: An AppleScript droplet which will generate PLF from PSF files was implemented. This droplet's directory is located within the "Handy Droplets" directory. The directory for this droplet is called "PrinterSetupGeneratePLF". This release also has support for Ubuntu Linux. In addition, the CUPS to PSF converter has been improved to better support older versions of CUPS and there is now also an AppleScript interface. Other minor bugs were fixed.
