brain-dump/ux-stuff/linux-authenticated-printing

Linux Printers

A script to automatically add authentication-based printer queues to Linux-based systems (for client-side use with printer server setups that use something like Papercut).

Pre-requisites

Get the PPD for non-generic printing.

Note that this is almost never necessary for home printing; you can normally just upload the PPD along with naming your queue and that's it; this setup is more complex because it's being automated.

1. Go to Open Printing and download the closest sounding match your system You can see which ones I took by looking at the 5th argument of the printList lines with the queue names.
2. Go to https://localhost:631/ and add a test printer (if prompt for logins, it's asking for your root/admin user name and password)
3. When prompt for PPD upload, throw your Konica Minolta in there (repeat, if necessary)

4. Run lpinfo -m | grep -i konica to see your drivers; here's one of mine:

   lsb/usr/OpenPrinting-KONICA_MINOLTA/KONICA_MINOLTA/KONICA_MINOLTA-C252_PS_P-Postscript-KONICA_MINOLTA-en.ppd.gz KONICA MINOLTA C252 PS/P , Postscript-KONICA_MINOLTA 20130226 (OpenPrinting LSB 3.2)
   

5. These are accessible from:

   /opt/OpenPrinting-KONICA_MINOLTA/ppds/KONICA_MINOLTA/
   

   • Note that argument 5: $5 is referenced like so: bash PPD_PATH="/opt/OpenPrinting-KONICA_MINOLTA/ppds/KONICA_MINOLTA/$5-Postscript-KONICA_MINOLTA-en.ppd.gz" and bash "KONICA_MINOLTA-500_420_360_PS_P"

6. If any of yours are different than mine, change them to suit.

Setup

Run the linuxprinters script in your terminal and follow the prompt.

• You'll be asked for your Active Directory username, this will pre-associate you to Papercut's queue
• Subsequent prompts will inform whether or not the queues were successfully installed

Caveat

LPD printing has been deprecated in CUPS, so this isn't a long-term solution!