CAWJames Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Just rolled out 8 of these bad boys, RPi3 fully wireless barcode scanning release stations. Fair to say the populace loathe me now until they see the benefits that is!
sted Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Just rolled out 8 of these bad boys, RPi3 fully wireless barcode scanning release stations. Fair to say the populace loathe me now until they see the benefits that is! looks useful i guess the barcode scanner is so staff can scan a card to release their print jobs?
CAWJames Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 Yes, when we issued badges starting a couple of years ago, we added their 6 digit database number as a barcode for "future use", read filling space on the card. So staff print to a pool printer, rock up to a photocopier and scan their staff badge, printing can then be released Obviously if we had smart cards, we could add a USB reader for whatever type they would be, as long as it gets the number to the login field. 1
aguacate Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 CAWJames, I would be interested in having a go at this, can you let me know how you got this working? Cheers
aguacate Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 yes, papercut mf we have print release for photocopiers, would it interested in rolling this out for printers
CAWJames Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 Ah ok, well you need: Print release licence from PaperCut A Raspberry Pi, I am using 3's with built in wifi, but a 2 will do the same with a dongle or patch cable Touch screen compatible with above, I am using the official touch screen and a all in one case from CPC/Farnell A keypad, keyboard scanner, usb or gpio or whatever way you need to get your card numbers in Standard Raspbian Java and the java client from the release directory on the papercut server adjust config.properties to reflect the printer to be released on(or pool of printers), always fun on April 1st(or every day) to set the release to be on a random printer dance monkey dance set pi up to run said script at startup Marvel at your ingenuity Thats the basics, but I can expand on any point you need. James
aguacate Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Cheers, that sounds easy enough, i'll give it a go, thanks for the info
Oaktech Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 That's cool. I've stopped using papercut now in favour of Uniflow, but when I asked Papercut if this could be done less than 12 months ago I was firmly told it was x86 only. What's changed?
CAWJames Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 Nothing as far as I know, there is a windows client, linux cli client and a java sh script for linux, all using the standard config.properties in the release directory and has been for the whole of v15.
Big_Ted Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Hi, There is a dedicated Pi Image available via papercut support. It makes setting up release stations on a Pi easy.
alecthegeek Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 G'Day from Australia, I'm the guy who created the new Raspberry Pi Release station image with help from my colleagues. More information from PaperCut KB | Run a PaperCut NG or MF Release Station from a Raspberry Pi To answer @Oaktech's question. We have been very nervous about providing support for the Pi as it's not a tier 1 platform for us. However after lots of requests from customers (and a bit of pushing from me) our support team agreed that making a pre-built image available would probably work. So that's now what we do, but I'm still building the images by hand each release. The May release of Raspian had me jumping through hoops this time because of the disk auto-resizing, but I hope to be pushing a new 16.1 image in the next couple of days. Once I get all the wrinkles sorted in the image creation we hopefully can automate the whole process and they will drop out the end of the build. However because we are shipping Raspian as well there are additional issues, so it's not straightforward. If you use my build then I've added the ability to configure the release station from a desktop workstation (config files are linked from /boot) which makes life easier. I've also provided a note on the above article on how to provide a custom image in the /boot partition. To return to the instructions from @CAWJames, you don't need to copy over the JVM because you need to run the ARM JVM supplied in Raspian. Make sure you install the correct JVM version as we upgraded to Java 8 a few months ago. I'm happy to answer more questions, so fire away. Cheers Alec 1
CAWJames Posted June 8, 2016 Author Posted June 8, 2016 Thanks Alec, should have said I don't copy over the actual JVM, just the directory so I have the script on the pi I do make sure there is Java working on the pi first though. I did not know there is an image, would have saved me some time, but oh well. Can I have a copy?
alecthegeek Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Just email [email protected] and they will sort you out. However be aware that we currently have versions for PaperCut 16.x only. (there were a number of changes introduced for serverless printing)
CAWJames Posted June 8, 2016 Author Posted June 8, 2016 Oh double dangit, they bought 16 out about a month after our 6 month initial support ran out. I've been toying with paying to upgrade to 16, but can't see any major features we would use
alecthegeek Posted June 9, 2016 Posted June 9, 2016 We now have a 15.3 image available. The PaperCut support peeps can sort you out.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now