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.

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External dependencies

To install this module, you need to:
#. 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

To configure this module, you need to:
#. Enable the "Printing / Print User" option under access rights to give users the ability to view the print menu.