1	CENTRALIZED DEPARTMENTAL PRINTING Malik S. Khan UNISYS Scholar 2003/04 Rutgers University Mechanical Engineering
2	Outline Motivation for Project Present System Analysis Proposed System / Solution Steps to Solution - Selecting software, Setting up server, BootP server on Printers etc. Summary
3	Motivation Demand for a better system! Present system is out-dated as per the needs of ECS (Engineering Computing Services) No Administration / Moderation capabilities. Out cry of the Engineering faculty and staff! Desire to learn more about Network / System Administration, setting up Secure Printer Servers and playing an active role at Rutgers University
4	Present System Analysis Open to anyone on the private Rutgers network - Someone at the Rutgers - Camden/Newark campuses (1 hr drive away) can print documents in the Engineering computer labs! De-centralized - Every printer take its jobs directly from the client - Diverse makes and models of printers, all performing in their own individual capacity - No user-levels No Admin / Moderation capabilities - Once a job has been sent, it is extremely hard to cancel the job if you did not send it - No limitation(s) on who can print what and how much No log keeping of any sort It’s a Mess!
5	Present System Cont’d…
6	Proposed New System Features: Centralized! Allows printing from different operating systems (OS) Printing by users in the Engineering building ONLY – Access Control List User levels with different privilege(s) and/or limitation(s) Print queue – means fast, reliable printing Log keeping Filter print-jobs I.e. will not print postscript or “junk” files such as binary files Will print to the correct printer I.e. printer located closest (physically) Secure print server Post print queues on a website for live viewing and administration by users and admin. respectively – Other UNISYS SCHOLAR working on this part of the Project!
7	New System Cont’d …
8	Steps For New System Selecting Software Allow all the required features LPRng, CUPS – Printing Software Samba / lpd – for compatibility UNIX/ Linux & Windows Software selection will be based on: Cost, Availability, Ease of use, Compatibility with current software / hardware etc.
9	Steps Cont’d… Setting up BootP server on Printers Configuring printers Access Control List Collaboration with the other UNISYS scholar If all goes well, then finally implement the system
10	Conclusion Creating a server for centralized departmental printing Print server software: try LPRng and CUPS Monitoring printer status and Accounting Samba for printing from Windows clients Server security Access control list for accepting jobs only from the server’s IP address. May require configuration of a BootP server on a laptop to set up each printer individually
11	Project Progress Chart
12	Acknowledgement Thanks to: Dr. David Gardiner - UNISYS Corporation Dr. Alexei Kotelnikov – Rutgers University Dr. Doyle Knight – Rutgers University Amit Freeman And all other UNISYS Scholars
13	References http://www.linuxcourse.rutgers.edu http://www.lprng.com http://www.samba.org