Module: Cups

Defined in:
lib/cups/printer/printer.rb,
lib/cups/print_job/transient.rb,
ext/cups.c

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: PrintJob, Printer

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.all_jobs(printer) ⇒ Hash

Get all jobs from default CUPS server. Takes a single printer/class string argument. Returned hash keys are CUPS job ids, and the values are hashes of job info with keys:

:title, :submitted_by, :size, :format, :state

Returns:

  • (Hash) 


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# File 'ext/cups.c', line 376

static VALUE cups_get_jobs(VALUE self, VALUE printer)
{
  // Don't have to lift a finger unless the printer exists.
  if (!printer_exists(printer)){
    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "The printer or destination doesn't exist!");
  }

  VALUE job_list, job_info_hash, jid, jtitle, juser, jsize, jformat, jstate;
  int job_id;
  int num_jobs;
  cups_job_t *jobs;
  ipp_jstate_t state;
  int i;
  char *printer_arg = RSTRING_PTR(printer);

  num_jobs = cupsGetJobs(&jobs, printer_arg, 1, -1); // Get jobs
  job_list = rb_hash_new();

  for (i = 0; i < num_jobs; i ++) { // Construct a hash of individual job info
    job_info_hash = rb_hash_new();
    jid = INT2NUM(jobs[i].id);
    jtitle = rb_str_new2(jobs[i].title);
    juser = rb_str_new2(jobs[i].user);
    jsize = INT2NUM(jobs[i].size);
    jformat = rb_str_new2(jobs[i].format);
    jstate = ipp_state_to_symbol(jobs[i].state);

    rb_hash_aset(job_info_hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("title")), jtitle);
    rb_hash_aset(job_info_hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("submitted_by")), juser);
    rb_hash_aset(job_info_hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("size")), jsize);
    rb_hash_aset(job_info_hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("format")), jformat);
    rb_hash_aset(job_info_hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("state")), jstate);

    rb_hash_aset(job_list, jid, job_info_hash); // And push it all into job_list hash
  }

  // Free job array
  cupsFreeJobs(num_jobs, jobs);
  return job_list;
}

.cancel_print(cups_id, printer_name) ⇒ Boolean

Cancel the print job. Returns true if successful, false otherwise.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'ext/cups.c', line 423

static VALUE cups_cancel_print(int argc, VALUE* argv, VALUE self)
{
  VALUE printer, job_id;
  rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "20", &job_id, &printer);

  if (NIL_P(job_id)) {
    return Qfalse; // If @job_id is nil
  } else { // Otherwise attempt to cancel
    int job = NUM2INT(job_id);
    char *target = RSTRING_PTR(printer); // Target printer string
    int cancellation;
    cancellation = cupsCancelJob(target, job);

    return Qtrue;
  }
}

.default_printer ⇒ String?

Get default printer or class. Returns a string or false if there is no default

Returns:

  • (String, nil) 


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# File 'ext/cups.c', line 193

static VALUE cups_get_default(VALUE self)
{
  const char *default_printer;
  default_printer = cupsGetDefault();

  if (default_printer != NULL) {
    VALUE def_p = rb_str_new2(default_printer);

    return def_p;
  } else {
    return Qnil;
  }
}

.device_uri_for(printer_name) ⇒ String

Return uri for requested printer.

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'ext/cups.c', line 446

static VALUE cups_get_device_uri(VALUE self, VALUE printer)
{
   if (!printer_exists(printer))
   {
     rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "The printer or destination doesn't exist!");
   }

   VALUE options_list;
   http_t *http;
   ipp_t *request;
   ipp_t *response;
   ipp_attribute_t *attr;
   char uri[1024];
   char *location;
   char *name = RSTRING_PTR(printer);

   request = ippNewRequest(IPP_GET_PRINTER_ATTRIBUTES);
   httpAssembleURIf(HTTP_URI_CODING_ALL, uri, sizeof(uri), "ipp", NULL, "localhost", 0, "/printers/%s", name);
   ippAddString(request, IPP_TAG_OPERATION, IPP_TAG_URI, "printer-uri", NULL, uri);

   if ((response = cupsDoRequest(http, request, "/")) != NULL)
   {
     if((attr = ippFindAttribute(response, "device-uri", IPP_TAG_URI)) != NULL)
     {
       return rb_str_new2(attr->values[0].string.text);
     }
     ippDelete(response);
   }
   return Qtrue;
}

.device_uri_for(printer_name) ⇒ String

Return uri for requested printer.

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'ext/cups.c', line 446

static VALUE cups_get_device_uri(VALUE self, VALUE printer)
{
   if (!printer_exists(printer))
   {
     rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "The printer or destination doesn't exist!");
   }

   VALUE options_list;
   http_t *http;
   ipp_t *request;
   ipp_t *response;
   ipp_attribute_t *attr;
   char uri[1024];
   char *location;
   char *name = RSTRING_PTR(printer);

   request = ippNewRequest(IPP_GET_PRINTER_ATTRIBUTES);
   httpAssembleURIf(HTTP_URI_CODING_ALL, uri, sizeof(uri), "ipp", NULL, "localhost", 0, "/printers/%s", name);
   ippAddString(request, IPP_TAG_OPERATION, IPP_TAG_URI, "printer-uri", NULL, uri);

   if ((response = cupsDoRequest(http, request, "/")) != NULL)
   {
     if((attr = ippFindAttribute(response, "device-uri", IPP_TAG_URI)) != NULL)
     {
       return rb_str_new2(attr->values[0].string.text);
     }
     ippDelete(response);
   }
   return Qtrue;
}

.options_for(name) ⇒ Hash?

Get all options from CUPS server with name. Returns a hash with key/value pairs based on server options, or nil if no server with name.

Returns:

  • (Hash, nil) 


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# File 'ext/cups.c', line 484

static VALUE cups_get_options(VALUE self, VALUE printer)
{
  // Don't have to lift a finger unless the printer exists.
  if (!printer_exists(printer)){
    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "The printer or destination doesn't exist!");
  }

  VALUE options_list;
  int i;
  char *printer_arg = RSTRING_PTR(printer);

  options_list = rb_hash_new();

  cups_dest_t *dests;
  int num_dests = cupsGetDests(&dests);
  cups_dest_t *dest = cupsGetDest(printer_arg, NULL, num_dests, dests);

  if (dest == NULL) {
    cupsFreeDests(num_dests, dests);
    return Qnil;
  } else {
    for(i =0; i< dest->num_options; i++) {
      rb_hash_aset(options_list, rb_str_new2(dest->options[i].name), rb_str_new2(dest->options[i].value));
    }
    cupsFreeDests(num_dests, dests);
    return options_list;
  }

}

.show_destinations ⇒ Array

Show all destinations on the default server

Returns:

  • (Array) 


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# File 'ext/cups.c', line 171

static VALUE cups_show_dests(VALUE self)
{
  VALUE dest_list;
  int i;
  int num_dests = cupsGetDests(&dests); // Size of dest_list array
  dest_list = rb_ary_new2(num_dests);

  for (i = num_dests, dest = dests; i > 0; i --, dest ++) {
    VALUE destination = rb_str_new2(dest->name);
    rb_ary_push(dest_list, destination); // Add this testination name to dest_list string
  }

  cupsFreeDests(num_dests, dests);
  return dest_list;
}