Cloud Print PDF
From Convention Master Documentation
Cloud Printing
Convention Master supports cloud printing by generating PDFs in a hosted environment, while an on-site computer handles sending the print jobs to the physical printers.
Theory
Convention Master uses a "PDF printer" method to generate print jobs into a designated folder. When cloud printing is enabled, the system provides a URL that allows you to download these PDFs. An on-site script polls this URL and retrieves the next PDF to be printed.
Printing Scripts
The printing scripts can be found in your Convention Master installation folder:
/other/client_print_scripts/cloudprintscripts/
Setting It Up
1. Set Up Your PDF Printer
- Obtain the temporary path for your PDF printer(s) from your IT administrator.
- Log in to your Convention Master instance.
- Navigate to Admin Printing → Manage Printers.
- Click Add Printer.
- Fill in the following:
- Name: A friendly name for the printer.
- Method:
pdf
- Path: The server path to your temp folder. This path must be writable by the web server and must end with a trailing slash.
- Note: If you do not end the path with a slash, you can use that suffix to prefix filenames.
- Click Save.
2. Enable Cloud Printing
- Log in to your Convention Master instance.
- Navigate to Admin Printing → Manage Printers.
- Click Cloud Printing.
- Click Generate New Key and then confirm with OK.
- Reopen the Cloud Printing dialog and copy the provided URL.
3. Set Up the Local Printing Script
- Use the URL you copied in the previous step with the on-site printing script.
- Configure the script to poll the URL regularly and send downloaded PDFs to the appropriate printer.