CUPS Binding

Documentation of the CUPS binding Bundle

Introduction

For installation of the binding, please see Wiki page Bindings.

Generic Item Binding Configuration

In order to bind an item to a CUPS printer, you need to provide configuration settings. The easiest way to do so is to add some binding information in your item file (in the folder configurations/items`). The syntax for the CUPS binding configuration string is explained here:

cups="<printerName>#<whichJobs>"

Where <printerName> is the name or URL of the printer, as it is known by the CUPS-Server. And <whichJobs> is one the following

• NOT_COMPLETED: Jobs that are not printed yet (default value)
• COMPLETED: already printed jobs
• ALL: all jobs

Here are some examples of valid binding configuration strings:

cups="MX-870#NOT_COMPLETED"
cups="http://127.0.0.1:631/printers/MX-870"

As a result, your lines in the items file might look like the following:

Number  Print_Jobs_Queued   "Unfinished print jobs"   (FF_Office)   { cups="MX-870#NOT_COMPLETED" }

In order to find out the name/url of your printer on the CUPS-Server you can download the current cups4j.runnable-x.x.x.jar file from http://www.cups4j.org/ and query the printers by using the following command

java -jar cups4j.runnable-x.x.x.jar -h <CUPS-Server name> getPrinters

Example Use Case

The CUPS Binding can be used to switch on a printer if there are print jobs in the queue and switch it off if the queue is empty.

Items

Number Print_Jobs_Queued  "Unfinished print jobs"  (FF_Office)   { cups="MX-870#NOT_COMPLETED" }
Switch Printer            "Printer"

Rule

import org.openhab.model.script.actions.Timer

var Timer printerTimer = null

rule "CUPS-Printer Queue"
when
	Item Print_Jobs_Queued changed
then
	if (Print_Jobs_Queued.state>0) {
		if (printerTimer!=null) {
			printerTimer.cancel
			printerTimer=null
		}
		if (Printer.state==OFF) {
			sendCommand(Printer,ON)
		}
	}
	else if (Printer.state==ON) {
		printerTimer = createTimer(now.plusMinutes(5)) [|
			sendCommand(Printer,OFF)
		]
	}
end