Printing in VISULOX

In the default VISULOX Portal setup printing is disabled.

Follow this guide to setup and enable printing in VISULOX Portal.

Printing is currently not supported on OL9/RH9.

Requirements

The following packages are needed for printing in VISULOX:

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dnf install cups

systemctl start cups 
systemctl enable cups

dnf install visulox-printing-4.1.0-1.el8.x86_64.rpm

Enable printer in Workspace

To display the list of current print jobs in the Workspace, use:

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visulox config -name workspace.showPrinting.expand=enable

All print jobs are displayed here and can be paused, resumed and cancelled via the according buttons.

Check / enable printer device sharing for the client

Right click on the TCC-Client tray icon, select "Device Sharing..." and check "Printers":

Example setup with PDF Viewer

For a first test, use the following command to set the PDF Viewer as printer:

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/opt/tarantella/bin/scripts/prtinstall.en.sh --ttahost $(hostname -f) --ttaprinter tta_pdfviewer

Example test via shell:

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lp /opt/visulox/setup/example/tiger.ps

Check status

Check the setup with the lpstat and visulox-portal print status command:

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lpstat -p -d
printer tta_pdfviewer is idle.  enabled since Thu 07 Sep 2023 07:04:58 AM CEST
no system default destination

visulox-portal print status
<host.domain>:
 - Printing services available
 - Jobs spooled: 0

Troubleshooting

If print jobs are not shown in Workspace as expected, use the following command:

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visulox-portal print cancel --all

Delete files in the spool folder:

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rm -rf /opt/tarantella/var/spool/*

Then restart the services.