14.8. Printing from Windows

Printing from Windows

If SavaPage IPP Everywhere is configured in a Local Network, the corresponding printer is automatically detected by Windows and can be used without any configuration by executing “Add a printer or scanner”. As a response Windows will be “Searching for Printers and Scanners”: pick the detected SavaPage printer and select “Add device”. Make sure Windows IPP printing is enabled as explained in IPP Printer. IP Based Authentication or Basic Authentication is needed before submitting a print job.

Installing a IPP Printer or Raw Printer is similar for different Windows versions with slight variations in dialog appearance. When asked for a printer driver, pick a plain PostScript driver from the list. Any type/model will do, as long as it generates standard PostScript spool files. It makes sense to select just a simple, no-frills type/model. Caution Although a printer driver may render printed documents correctly on first sight, its SafePages PDF might not be searchable. You can simply Download the PDF result and check with a simple copy/paste of text. When the pasted result is garbled, the printer driver delivered so-called “Mojibake” [3] .

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Mojibake is the garbled text that is the result of text being decoded using an unintended character encoding. The result is a systematic replacement of symbols with completely unrelated ones, often from a different writing system.

14.8.1. IPP Printer

Before adding a SavaPage IPP Printer make sure IPP printing is enabled.

1. Go to Control Panel

2. Select Programs and Features

3. Select Turn Windows features on or off

4. In the features list, scroll down to Print and Document Services and verify that the Internet Printing Client checkbox is checked. If not, check this option and click OK.

To add SavaPage as IPP Printer, start the Add a printer or scanner dialog, choose Add a new device manually and follow these steps:

1. Find a printer by other options

   • Select Add a printer using an IP address or hostname.

   • Click Next.

2. Type a printer hostname or IP address

   • Select IPP Device as Device type.

   • At Hostname or IP address, enter the URL of a SavaPage IPP Queue. For example:

     • https://my-savapage:8632/printers/my-queue

     • http://my-savapage:8631/printers (default IPP / queue)

   • Click Next

3. Click Print a test page

   • Choose a plain PostScript driver from the list.

   • Click Finish

14.8.2. Raw Printer

To add SavaPage as Raw Printer, start the “Add a printer or scanner” dialog, choose Add a new device manually and follow these steps:

1. Find a printer by other options

   • Select Add a printer using an IP address or hostname

   • Click Next.

2. Type a printer hostname or IP address

   • Devicetype : TCP/IP Device

   • Hostname or IP address : my-savapage:9100`

   • Click Next

3. Detecting TCP/IP port … (may take a while)

4. Additional port information required

   • Device Type : Custom

   • Click Settings …

5. Configure Standard TCP/IP port Monitor

   • Protocol: Raw

   • Port Number: 9100 (or the alternative port as configured in server.properties).

   • Click OK and Next

6. Install the printer driver

   • Choose a plain PostScript driver from the list.

   • Click Next

7. Which version of the driver do you want to use

   • Use the driver that is currently installed

   • Click Next

8. Type a printer name

   • For instance “SavaPage” (it is possible to rename the printer after it is installed).

   • Click Next

9. Printer Sharing

   • If you want to share this printer, you must provide a share name.

   • Click Next

10. Print a test page to check if everything works as expected.

    • Print jobs are send to the Reserved Queue named /raw .

    • Click Finish