QM-ITL-Print

A Python application that will allow you to print in the ITL at Queen Mary from your laptop.

Dependencies

• Paramiko

Usage

Before you can execute this script you will have to set a path for where your print files should be stored. By default it will attempt to put it in ``~/username/print/`. Optionally you can change the variable path.

When your path is correct everything is pretty straight forward

$ python print.py filename.pdf

You should then be prompted with a username and password. You should enter your ITL username and password. It should look something like this eb309. If the user details are correct then the file with be uploaded to the school server. The script will then login and query for available printers. After you have selected a printer it will send the file for printing.

A little tip is to make an alias

Todo

• Make path if it doesn't exists
• Proper error messages on authentication failure and so on
• Make a "How it works" section in the README

Known issues

• Might have some Windows issues due to the use of the SSH Protocol
• Known hosts might stop SSH operations if the host is not in the known_hosts file.