Free printer software for linux

JASmine is a page accounting system for CUPS. JASmine project is composed of two parts, a CUPS backend and a Web interface.
Data is read from the MySQL database. It manages any printer handled by CUPS. It counts the number of pages in a print job, for various input formats. Syslog is supported.
The Web interface displays user and printer statistics, the most used printers and active users. Multiple CUPS servers are handled by a single database and HTTP server.
It is composed of two parts:
- A Cups backend, written in Perl, that does page accounting to a MySQL database. It is currently not designed for quota enforcement.
- A web interface, written in PHP, to monitor users and printers, and display reports. Data is read from the MySQL database.
Main features:
- Manages any printer handled by Cups
- Counts the number of pages in a print job, for various input formats (PS, PCL*,...)
- Support for Syslog
- The web interface displays user and printer stats, top most used printers and active users...
- Support for multiple Cups servers handled by a single database + http server

The purpose of the preview-latex package is to embed LaTeX environments such as display math or figures into Emacs source buffers. By mouse clicking, you can open the original text.

After editing, another click will just run the region in question through LaTeX and redisplay the new results. It requires version 21.1 or higher of Emacs or XEmacs and AUCTeX.

WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) sometimes is considered all the rage, sometimes frowned upon. Do we really want it? Wrong question. The right question is what we want from it. Except when finetuning the layout, we dont want to use printer fonts for on-screen text editing.

The low resolution and contrast of a computer screen render all but the coarsest printer fonts (those for low-quality newsprint) unappealing, and the margins and pagination of the print are not wanted on the screen, either.

On the other hand, more complex visual compositions like math formulas and tables cant easily be taken in when seen only in the source. preview-latex strikes a balance: it only uses graphic renditions of the output for certain, configurable constructs, does this only when told, and then right in the source code.

Switching back and forth between the source and preview is easy and natural and can be done for each image independently. Behind the scenes of preview-latex, a sophisticated framework of other programs like `dvipng, Dvips and GhostScript are employed together with a special LaTeX style file for extracting the material of interest in the background and providing fast interactive response.

smbfax is a Unix server which allows you to print via Samba from a Windows client to a hylafax-controlled faxmodem on your server without any additional Win32 software for the client.
Its as easy as File->Print from an application, choose the network fax printer, then check your emails INBOX. You can also view and delete jobs via the standard Windows methods.
Main features:
- Allows users to "print" a document to a network printer. The Samba server then sends the document to smbfax, which prepares it and sends an e-mail to the owner inviting her to complete the fax via a web interface. The user then clicks on the provided link, fills in the fax information (recipient, comment, coverpage options, etc.) and clicks on the "send" button.
- Allows users to manage the send (outgoing) fax queue using the standard Windows method of managing print jobs (you can even select your own jobs and kill them with the delete key)
- You *dont* need to install any client software at all; no need to upgrade WINSOCK.DLL to the latest version or have some systray app running to intercept print jobs. You dont have to use any special drag-and-drop software or e-mail/web gateways with confusing attachments.
- Weve been running it for a (little) while here without any problems, it works just great;
- Its as easy as Print => Check Email
System requirements:
- Hylafax
- Perl 5.004 or better (Plus some modules)
- Apache or any other CGI-BIN webserver
- Samba
- A good POSIX system (tested under linux-2.2.16)

OpenLX is a Linux distribution made in India. It is based on Fedora Core with updated packages and many user-friendly enhancements, such as complete multimedia capabilities, support for 6 Indian languages, Java SDK and an extra application CD.
OpenLX comes in two editions - a single-CD "Desktop" edition and a 5-CD "Enterprise" edition.
Main features:
- Ease of Installation
- Single CD Desktop install
- LTSP Thin-client automated Installation
- Kalculate(Eval), Globally, the First Financial Accounting & Inventory package bundled
- Supermount making CD-Rom handling easy, enabled by default for removable media (CD-ROM, Floppies, USB-storage, etc.)
- SCSI emulation is no longer needed to use CD recorders
- POSIX ACLs option available, just add "acl" to the mount options. Samba can also take advantage of this to emulate NT-type ACL
- Number of hardware devices that require drivers supplied by the device manufacturer are now configured at system installation time.
- MacromediaFlash7 plugin
- WINE custom-configured to run many MS-Windows applications straight out of the box with printer support
- Personal firewall with graphical configuration utility myfirewall, aimed for desktop users, not servers, with a simple configuration
- Support for many Indian languages with fonts
- Unique features for the use of IT-Engineering students with top-of-the-line Development environment and tools to study and conduct their projects that can become live-part of the Distribution
- NVIDIA 3D drivers
- Java-2 SDK & Eclipse pre-configured for Java Developers
- Anti-virus: ships with Clamav and Amavisd, Samba shipped with several VFS anti-virus modules
- Ximian connector included as a plugin allowing Evolution users to access the group-ware features on Exchange 2000 or 2003 server, as well as email
- Support to all possible Initiatives from India
- Institutions can become excellent centers of technical development for the world, giving their students the best exposure
- Soft-modems drivers included for many soft-modem models
- CUPS Printers driver, easily configurable, includes support for over a thousand printer models
- Gambas the new VB-like IDE alternative pre-configured with Unix-ODBC and Sqlite
- DOSEMU pre-configured with mouse support, supports legacy DOS applications developed in Foxpro & Clipper
- Creative scope for Educational Institutions
- Availability of tools used by NGOs and other Social-sector organisations reducing their cost of Computing, while using the best possible tools for their work.

Lpy is a printing tool with a GUI interface that was designed to support multi-function printer features such as duplex, n-up, staplers, and booklets.
Now many printers have a lot of functions(Duplex,Nup,Staple,Booklets,etc) and become more smallsized and more inexpensive.
But on Linux(UNIX-like OS) these functions are hardly avaliable. The aim of lpy is to make your Multifunction-Printer(a optional Finisher) avaliable.
Main features:
- independent of a spooler and a application software in user space.
- Any filter of a printing spooler isnt necessary. a frontend of GNU a2ps that converts a text-file to a PS-file.
- a printing filter which uses a GS(Ghostscript)
- written in Python and PyGTK
- uses SNMP(PrinterMIB) if possible for getting printer informations(Errors and Status)
- supports PJL commands if possible.
- Now some PJL commands are supported. available in UNIX-like OS(Linux,FreeBSD and Solaris,HP-UX,etc)

foo2zjs is a printer driver for printers that use the Zenographics ZjStream wire protocol for their print data.
foo2zjs printer driver allows users to print to the Konica Minolta 2200/2300/2430 DL, Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 1000/1005/1020, Color PageWork/Pro L, and possibly other ZjStream printers.
Supported Printers:
- Minolta/QMS magicolor 2300
- Minolta/QMS magicolor 2200
- Konica Minolta magicolor 2430
- Minolta Color PageWorks/Pro L
- HP LaserJet 1020
- HP LaserJet 1005
- HP LaserJet 1000
Unsupported Printers:
- Minolta/QMS magicolor 2300W
- Minolta/QMS magicolor 2400W
- Minolta/QMS PagePro 12xxW
- Minolta/QMS PagePro 13xxW
- Konica Minolta PagePro 14xxW
Enhancements:
- Support for HP LJ 1020 was added.

BlinkFlash is a commandline tool for uploading images to winkflash, a mail order digital photo printer.
It can also create new albums, set photo notes (which are printed on the backs of photos) and download photos.
Usage:
blinkflash 1.3 the unofficial winkflash commandline client
usage: ./blinkflash.py [action arguments]
actions:
list-albums -list all albums
create-album < album-name > -create a new empty album
upload < album-name > file[,file,..,..] -upload file(s) to an album
list-images < album-name > -list images in album
download-image < album-name > < filename > -download image (to filename.jpg)
download-album < album-name > -download a whole album
set-notes < album-name > < filename > < notes > -set an images notes
bulk-upload < album-name > < inputfile > -upload files and set notes
for the bulk action the format is filename < tab > alias < tab > notes
eg. IMG012.JPG photo1 Holiday day one
IMG013.JPG photo2 Duncans brother bill
(if run twice, only new files will be uploaded)
some examples:
./blinkflash.py johnsmith b2xtf list-albums
./blinkflash.py johnsmith b2xtf create-album Holiday 2004
./blinkflash.py johnsmith b2xtf upload Holiday 2004 img01.jpg img02.jpg
./blinkflash.py johnsmith b2xtf set-notes Holiday 2004 img01.jpg day 1
./blinkflash.py johnsmith b2xtf bulk-upload Holiday 2004 filesandnotes.txt
**if logged in with a web browser you must log out and log in to see changes**
Enhancements:
- Download image. You can download your images (and whole albums) which makes winkflash useful for image backups.
- Fixed bug setting notes for USA accounts

Anyone who has spent enough time in Linux probably believes that you can never have enough control.

LPQ Control PHP script is a tool that parses the output of the lpq command and provides a web interface that allows you to remove print jobs from a printer.

You need to make sure that Apache can execute the lprm command. For a
default Apache installation, you will need to add the following line to
your /etc/sudoers file:

apache ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/lprm

This allows the PHP program to remove *ANY* specified print job.