Integrate Mobile Print for Dispatcher Paragon Cloud
In Dispatcher Paragon Cloud 3.0, some features are served by the standard EveryonePrint Mobile Print product. Ultimately all major features from the EveryonePrint Mobile Print will be integrated into Dispatcher Paragon Cloud directly, but until then, this section outlines the configuration necessary to integrate the “legacy” Konica Minolta into Dispatcher Paragon Cloud.
Added Features
Combining Dispatcher Paragon Cloud with EveryonePrint Mobile Print for Dispatcher Paragon Cloud include the following additional features:
- Printing from mobile devices via Web upload and Email print
- Create guest users in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud from within the Konica Minolta Web interface
- Konica Minolta creates a unique numeric username and password for the guest
- User accounts are created as internal Dispatcher Paragon Cloud users
- Users email address set in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud
- Login credentials optionally emailed to user
- Automatically create guest user in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud when user sends email print job
- Konica Minolta creates a unique numeric username and password for the guest
- User accounts are created as internal Dispatcher Paragon Cloud users
- Users email address set in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud
- Login credentials emailed to user
- Ability to automatically delete created guest user accounts in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud after a pre-defined time period
Prerequisites and Requirements
- Dispatcher Paragon Cloud must be minimum version 2.1 and EveryonePrint Mobile Print for Dispatcher Paragon Cloud must be minimum version 4.2.6.
- EveryonePrint Mobile Print can run either on Windows or on Linux.
- An EveryonePrint Mobile Print installation is required for each account in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud (EveryonePrint Mobile Print is not multi-tenant)
- Root access for installation
- The following libraries/tools are required:
- CUPS
- CURL
- Fontconfig
- FreeType
- rsync
**bzip2
- Relevant firewall ports should be opened. See Ports and Protocols, section Web Administration UI.
- An API key with full API access needs to be generated in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud to use in Konica Minolta Mobile for Dispatcher Paragon Cloud > User Authentication
Install EveryonePrint Mobile Print for Dispatcher Paragon Cloud
Install dependencies
Prior to installing Konica Minolta, install the required dependencies using either yum or zypper, ie
yum install cups curl fontconfig freetype rsync bzip2
Install Konica Minolta
Download EveryonePrint Mobile Print for Dispatcher Paragon Cloud from the Dispatcher Paragon Portal, and upload to the secondary server where it should be installed, or download directly on the secondary server:
xxxxx is the version number for the latest Konica Minolta Mobile for Dispatcher Paragon Cloud
wget https://cdn.everyoneprint.com/everyoneprint-for-Dispatcher Paragon Cloud-xxxxxxx.tar.bz2
Next extract the compressed file.
tar -xjf everyoneprint-for-Dispatcher Paragon Cloud-xxxxxx.tar.bz2
Next, change to the Konica Minolta directory and run the install script.
cd everyoneprint/
./install.sh
The installer script will check for dependencies, create a user and copy files to /opt/everyoneprint. During the installer script, the license agreement is shown. Enter “yes” to accept and continue.
Configuring Dispatcher Paragon Cloud features in Konica Minolta
The following section covers the configuration screens in Konica Minolta Admin.
http://server-address:7290/admin
Configure Authentication
First, configure User Authentication against Dispatcher Paragon Cloud:
- Replace account-server-domain with the account domain name of the Dispatcher Paragon Cloud account to which this Konica Minolta should be connected.
- Generate an API key with full API access in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud for use with EveryonePrint Mobile Print for Dispatcher Paragon Cloud
- Report the API key in “User Authentication” > “Authentication via Dispatcher Paragon Cloud” >“API key”
- Verify the authentication to Dispatcher Paragon Cloud using a username or password of a test user created in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud.
If test authentication fails, an error message will be shown, and error details written to the Konica Minolta log files.
Add Devices
Go to Admin -> Devices and add the print queues.
Queues in the list starting with eophcp:// are the input and output ports of the Dispatcher Paragon Cloud account. Add the input ports for sending jobs from Konica Minolta legacy to Dispatcher Paragon Cloud, and add output ports for releasing jobs using the Konica Minolta Apps with or without QR codes.
Automatically create accounts for email print
Under Email Authentication, choose how email from unknown senders should be handled, whether unknown senders are guests, and accounts should be created in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud automatically for guests.
In this configuration an account is created in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud for unknown users.
Dispatcher Paragon Cloud Guest User self-sign up via the Web
If Konica Minolta is installed in an environment where guests should be able to create guest accounts using a Web interface, enable the Dispatcher Paragon Cloud Guest Users Self-Signup feature.
Users created via the Web portal are created in the internal Dispatcher Paragon Cloud users database. If an Active Directory exists, both LDAP and Dispatcher Paragon Cloud users can authenticate.
Automatically delete created guest user accounts
To automatically delete created guest user accounts, specify under User Authentication the time period in minutes after which accounts are deleted. Set to 0 to never automatically delete guest user accounts.
Troubleshooting tips
Create a test accounts using Web form
Even if the feature is not needed, it’s recommended to test the account creation in Dispatcher Paragon Cloud, using the Web based self-sign-up feature, outlined in section 4.2.2, as errors will appear and be written to log immediately.
Once accounts can be created successfully using the Web form, they can also be created from email.