Original Message:
Sent: Tue February 13, 2024 01:00 AM
From: maximo njsreddy
Subject: Server-side printing for reports on Maximo Application Suite
Currently we are using this server side print class in autoscript to print barcode labels. This is to print barcode labels. Thank you.
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[Srikanth][Narala]
[Maximo Specialist]
[Melbourne]
[Australia]
Original Message:
Sent: Tue September 12, 2023 08:22 PM
From: Bradley Downing
Subject: Server-side printing for reports on Maximo Application Suite
Howdy..... read up on this after time away at he beach and fishing! Ha!
I have a silly question.... What is business value for server side printing? I have not been able to decipher that. Most print jobs are performed locally to begin with. Now that mobility drives a huge portion of the paper out of the process the remainder of reprots are most likely emailed. That still works, and there is no "print server." So I am kinda stumped on the use case at this point. Maybe after writing over 1500 reports during the past two decades and then not doing a darned thing with reporting for about eight years now I am just rusty? Please someone educate me.
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Bradley K. Downing , MBA
Senior Brand Technical Specialist
IBM
Bakersfield CA
Original Message:
Sent: Tue September 05, 2023 01:32 PM
From: Arif Ali
Subject: Server-side printing for reports on Maximo Application Suite
This sounds great. I thought we'd need CUPS here somewhere, and you have confirmed it. BTW, are you running CUPS's docker image as a separate container in OCP?
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Arif Ali
Original Message:
Sent: Tue September 05, 2023 01:24 PM
From: Jason VenHuizen
Subject: Server-side printing for reports on Maximo Application Suite
Srikanth,
Here is an automation script that does what you are asking with MAS and CUPS. I tested this with MAS 8.10 and CUPS 2.4.2.
It dynamically downloads the necessary cups4j client and dependencies from the maven repo and then generates the report and prints the results. As mentioned there is a really easy to use CUPS image you can deploy found here https://hub.docker.com/r/olbat/cupsd
That is what I used to test with my local printer.
I have embedded the code below, but I think the email version mangles it, so you will want to view it in a web browser.
If you have any questions please reach out.
ByteArrayType = Java.type("byte[]");IntType = Java.type("int");StringType = Java.type("java.lang.String");Thread = Java.type("java.lang.Thread");File = Java.type("java.io.File");FileInputStream = Java.type("java.io.FileInputStream");FileOutputStream = Java.type("java.io.FileOutputStream");InputStream = Java.type("java.io.InputStream");URLClassLoader = Java.type("java.net.URLClassLoader");HostnameVerifier = Java.type("javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier");HttpsURLConnection = Java.type("javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection");SSLContext = Java.type("javax.net.ssl.SSLContext");TrustManagerArrayType = Java.type("javax.net.ssl.TrustManager[]");X509ExtendedTrustManager = Java.type("javax.net.ssl.X509ExtendedTrustManager");URL = Java.type("java.net.URL");URLArrayType = Java.type("java.net.URL[]");SecureRandom = Java.type("java.security.SecureRandom");ReportParameterData = Java.type("com.ibm.tivoli.maximo.report.birt.runtime.ReportParameterData");ReportAdminServiceRemote = Java.type("com.ibm.tivoli.maximo.report.birt.admin.ReportAdminServiceRemote");MXServer = Java.type("psdi.server.MXServer");// Temporary path where the downloaded Jar files will be stored.JAR_PATH = "/var/tmp" + File.separator;// The server IP or host name for the CUPS serverCUPS_ADDRESS = "x.x.x.x";// The port for the CUPS server, the default is 631CUPS_PORT = 631;// The name of the printer registered with the CUPS server.CUPS_PRINT_NAME = "YOUR_PRINTER_NAME";// X509ExtendedTrustManager that trusts all certificates.TrustAllManager = Java.extend(X509ExtendedTrustManager, { "getAcceptedIssuers": function () { return null; }, "checkClientTrusted": function (certs, authType) {}, "checkServerTrusted": function (certs, authType) {}, "checkClientTrusted": function (xcs, string, socket) {}, "checkServerTrusted": function (xcs, string, socket) {}, "checkClientTrusted": function (xcs, string, ssle) {}, "checkServerTrusted": function (xcs, string, ssle) {},});// HostnameVerifier that verifies all hosts.TrustAllHostnameVerifier = Java.extend(HostnameVerifier, { "verify": function (hostname, session) { return true; },});// Call the main function.main();/** * The main function provides an entry point for the script. */function main() { // download the necessary Jar files if they don't exist downloadJars(); // The Jar file urls for the cups4j client, commons-lang 2.6 and simple-xml dependency. All other dependencies are already present in the Maximo class path var urls = [ new URL("file://" + JAR_PATH + "cups4j-0.7.9.jar"), new URL("file://" + JAR_PATH + "commons-lang-2.6.jar"), new URL("file://" + JAR_PATH + "simple-xml-2.7.1.jar"), ]; // Create a new class loader with urls and set the parent as the current thread context loader that launched the script var urlClassLoader = URLClassLoader.newInstance(Java.to(urls, URLArrayType), Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()); // Load the client, printer and job. CupsClient = urlClassLoader.loadClass("org.cups4j.CupsClient"); CupsPrinter = urlClassLoader.loadClass("org.cups4j.CupsPrinter"); PrintJob = urlClassLoader.loadClass("org.cups4j.PrintJob"); PrintJobBuilder = urlClassLoader.loadClass("org.cups4j.PrintJob$Builder"); // Create a new instance of the client and printer var cupsClient = CupsClient.getConstructor(StringType.class, IntType.class).newInstance(CUPS_ADDRESS, CUPS_PORT); var cupsPrinter = cupsClient.getPrinter(CUPS_PRINT_NAME); // Get the report as a PDF var reportData = generateReport(MXServer.getMXServer().getSystemUserInfo(), "WOTRACK", "woprint.rptdesign", "workorder.wonum='1118'"); // Create a new print job var printJob = PrintJobBuilder.getConstructor(ByteArrayType.class).newInstance(reportData).build(); // Send the print job to the printer. var printRequestResult = cupsPrinter.print(printJob); // If the request was a direct web request then return a result. if (typeof request !== "undefined") { responseBody = JSON.stringify({ "status":printRequestResult.isSuccessfulResult()? "success":"error", "details": printRequestResult.getResultDescription() }, null, 4); }}/** * Runs the report and returns the results as byte array for the resulting PDF. * @param {psdi.security.UserInfo} userInfo The user that * @param {String} app the name of the Maximo application that the report is registered to. * @param {String} report the name of the report, this should end in ".rptdesign" * @param {String} whereClause the where clause that the report will use. * @returns byte[] of the PDF result. */function generateReport(userInfo, app, report, whereClause) { // get the report administrative service. var reportService = MXServer.getMXServer().lookup("BIRTREPORT"); // add the where clause to the report parameters. // additional parameters could be added here. var parameterData = new ReportParameterData(); parameterData.addParameter("where", whereClause); // run the report immediately and return the results as a PDF return reportService.runReportInImmediateMode(userInfo, report, app, parameterData, "report.pdf", ReportAdminServiceRemote.OUTPUT_FORMAT_PDF);}/** * Downloads the CUPS client JAR files and dependencies. SSL validation is disabled to ensure that the files are successfully downloaded without needing * to register the GlobalSign CA used by the repo01.maven.org server. */function downloadJars() { var trustAllCerts = Java.to([new TrustAllManager()], TrustManagerArrayType); var sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL"); sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new SecureRandom()); HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory()); HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new TrustAllHostnameVerifier()); downloadJarIfMissing("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/cups4j/cups4j/0.7.9/cups4j-0.7.9.jar", "cups4j-0.7.9.jar"); downloadJarIfMissing("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/simpleframework/simple-xml/2.7.1/simple-xml-2.7.1.jar", "simple-xml-2.7.1.jar"); downloadJarIfMissing("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-lang/commons-lang/2.6/commons-lang-2.6.jar", "commons-lang-2.6.jar");}/** * Downloads the specified Jar file URL to a temporary location. * @param {String} uri the URI to download. * @param {String} fileName the name of the file to save as. */function downloadJarIfMissing(uri, fileName) { // create the downloaded Jar in the var/tmp directory. var file = new File(JAR_PATH + fileName); // if the file doesn't exist then download it. if (!file.exists()) { url = new URL(uri); var connection = url.openConnection(); var outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file); var inputStream = connection.getInputStream(); var bytesRead = -1; buffer = new ByteArrayType(2048); while ((bytesRead = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1) { outputStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); } outputStream.close(); inputStream.close(); }}var scriptConfig = { "autoscript": "PRINT", "description": "Print", "version": "", "active": true, "logLevel": "ERROR",};
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Jason VenHuizen
https://sharptree.io
https://opqo.io
Original Message:
Sent: Fri September 01, 2023 03:06 AM
From: Witold Wierzchowski
Subject: Server-side printing for reports on Maximo Application Suite
I'm pretty sure that server side printing is not doable at all with OpenShift. The architecture of this platform simply excludes using hardware such as printers.
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Witold Wierzchowski
Original Message:
Sent: Mon August 28, 2023 11:45 PM
From: maximo njsreddy
Subject: Server-side printing for reports on Maximo Application Suite
Does server-side printing for reports work on Maximo Application Suite?
I'm wondering if the IBM URL for version 7.6 will be compatible with the new version MAS.
Please advise.
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[Srikanth][Narala]
[Maximo Specialist]
[Melbourne]
[Australia]
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