[K12OSN] Printing to spesfic printers only

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 10:49 -0400, Steven Santos wrote:
> Just thinking out loud here, but would it be possible assign a group based
> on the IP address, and then use the group to allow / disallow printing?
> 
That's the preferred process. However, the thin client environment has
the print job coming from the IP address of the server hosting the boot
up and apps, not from the client itself.

Printing by user authentication is not an option either as roving
students would require restarting cups for each login operation.



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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> > Behalf Of James P. Kinney III
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:25 AM
> > To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Printing to spesfic printers only
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 06:59 -0600, jconlon1 at elp.rr.com wrote:
> > > We have a large server that runs a lab and several 4-6 terminal groups
> > > in some classrooms.  Some classrooms have one terminal being used as a
> > > Jet Direct device.  Is ther a way to set things up so that a classroom
> > > group will default to the jet directed printer only?  If there is How do
> > > I do it?
> >
> > Here is what I am gearing up to do along this same line:
> >
> > Scenario:
> > Up to 200 thin clients attached to a single server. Each classroom has a
> > networked printer that cups on the server knows about. Students have
> > NIS/NFS roving profiles since they move around the school (middle
> > school).
> > During the login process, a script is run that determines the host name
> > (all fixed-IP host name in dhcp.conf) that the student is accessing the
> > server from.
> > Host names are based on room number and station number: rmXXXwsYY where
> > XXX is the room number and YY is the station number in the room.
> > Printers are named similarly: rmXXXlaser
> >
> > At the moment, I am determining the best place to put the script
> > (~/.xinitrc , ~/.bashrc , ~/.xsession , ... ) .
> >
> > Here is the script:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > # This script will identify the host name from which a login occurs
> > # It will then use that name to set the default printer
> > # This requires hostname formatted as rmXXXwsYY and pinters as
> > rmXXXlaser
> > # XXX is the room number and YY is the station number in the room.
> > # the script runs as the user logging in and sets options in
> > ~/.lpoptions
> >
> > export PATH="/bin:/usr/bin"
> >
> > lpoptions -d `netstat -t -e | grep ESTABLISHED | grep $USER | sed
> > 's/:/ /g'| awk '{print $6}' | sort | uniq | cut -f 1 -d "." | sed 's/ws
> > \w*/laser/'`
> >
> > # Place this script in /usr/local/bin/defaultprinter.sh on the server
> > with 755 permisions
> >
> >
> > NOTE: the lpoptions line is one line. email will wrap it.
> >
> > Part 2: Blocking printing to a printer not in the same room with the
> > student:
> >
> > In cups, each printer should allow printing only from a given range of
> > IP address. That is done with per printer settings in cupsd.conf.
> > HOWEVER, I don't have this part working yet as the print job originates
> > on the server and not the client. I am looking pykota/tea4cups as a
> > possible way to rewrite the source address on the print job.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Pat
> > >
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