Report to printer
This module allows users to send reports to a printer attached to the server.
This module allows users to send reports to a printer attached to the server.It adds an optional behaviour on reports to send it directly to a printer.
Key Features
- Send to Client: It is the default behaviour providing you a downloadable PDF
- Send to Printer: Directly prints the report on selected printer
Printer Configuration
It detects trays on printers installation plus permits to select the paper source on which you want to print directly.
Settings can be configured:
- globally
- per user
- per report
- per user and report
To configure printer
Enable the “Printing / Print User” option under access rights to give users the ability to view the print menu.
To update the CUPS printers
Go to Settings > Printing > Servers>New>Update Printers
To print a report on a specific printer or tray
Go to Settings > Printing > Reports-Choose printer to print the report on a specific printer and/or tray for a user.
External dependencies
#. Install PyCups - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycups
.. code-block:: bash
sudo apt-get install cups
sudo apt-get install libcups2-dev
sudo apt-get install python3-dev
sudo pip install pycups
Configuration
#. Enable the "Printing / Print User" option under access rights to give users the ability to view the print menu.
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