Altiros-azure-cloud-printer NPM

Altiros Azure Cloud Printer

Install Node.js®

Go to the Node.js® web site https://nodejs.org and follow the installation rules for your operating system.

Install CUPS

sudo apt install cups

Install all the printers you need in CUPS

For example: Add a Network Printer:

sudo lpadmin -p mynetworkprinter -E -v socket://192.168.0.10:9100

For example: Add a Dummy Printer:

sudo lpadmin -p dummy -E -v file:///dev/null

Create a user

sudo useradd -m cloudprn

Login as new user

sudo su - cloudprn

Install the npm package

npm i altiros-azure-cloud-printer

Create a shell script for each printer queue you want to print from

For example: Create the file /home/cloudprn/cloudprn-standard.sh

Adjust the settings for sbConnectionString, queueName and printer!

Get the sbConnectionString and queueName values from Azure Portal https://portal.azure.com
For printer use the CUPS URL for the printer you want to use, e.g. use http://localhost:631/printers/mynetworkprinter when you have named your printer mynetworkprinter. This is the -p option for the lpadmin command when you have created your printer.

#!/bin/bash

export sbConnectionString='Endpoint=sb://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey;SharedAccessKey=xxxxxxxxxx='
export queueName='standard'
export printer='http://localhost:631/printers/mynetworkprinter'
logfolder=/home/cloudprn/logs

[ -d ${logfolder} ] || mkdir ${logfolder}

/usr/bin/node /home/cloudprn/node_modules/altiros-azure-cloud-printer/app.js -v >> ${logfolder}/${queueName}.log 2>&1 &

Make each shell script executable

chmod +x /home/cloudprn/cloudprn-standard.sh

Create a service manifest for each printer (with sudo)

For example: Create the file /etc/systemd/system/cloudprn-standard.service

[Unit]
Description=cloudprn-standard

[Service]
Type=forking
User=cloudprn
ExecStart=/home/cloudprn/cloudprn-standard.sh
Restart=always
RestartSec=3

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target