Install Celiveo Virtual Printer on multiple macOS workstations – Silent Install Procedure

Before you begin…

1. Pre-installation requirements

On the macOS client machine, make sure the minimum system requirements for installation are met.

2. Export the settings configuration file

The CVP Installer package for macOS contains the following folder and files:

• Printer Setup – Folder containing configuration files and Print Queue creation scripts
• Celiveo Server Services-8.4.pkg – Install file
• Celiveo Server Services-8.4-uninstall.pkg – Uninstall file
• installer.sh – Silent install script
• settings.plist – Configuration file for logging and database

Before you install the Celiveo Virtual Printer on the macOS machine, the database and other configuration details have to be setup in the Settings file present in the deployment package. You have to generate a Settings file which will automatically retrieve the database configuration, and then export this file onto the deployment package.

*Prerequisite: Make sure you have the latest CSS – Celiveo Server Services – installed on the Server. You can refer to this article on how to upgrade CSS.

1. Log into Windows Server.
2. Go to Celiveo Server Services directory and then launch the configuration UI (Run as administrator).
3. On the [Job Server] tab, click [Save mac configuration] button.
4. A popup appears for saving the configuration file. Type file name as “settings” and click [Save].
   This retrieves the database configuration automatically and creates settings.plist file on the given path.
   
5. Export this Settings file onto the macOS machine, where the CVP is to be installed.
6. Replace with the existing “settings.plist” file in the deployment package.

3. Additional configuration

Two settings need to be configured before starting the install process:

1. In the Printer Setup folder, open the PrinterConfig.ini file and define a Print Queue name.

*Note: Do not use any space for the Print Queue name

2. In the same file, indicate the path to the folder containing the driver to use.
   

*Note: By default, the script uses the macOS generic PostScript driver. In case a different driver is required: Download and install it prior to this step, and then indicate its location (file with .pdd extension) in the ini file.

Launching Silent Install Process

1. On the admin machine, launch the command prompt dialog.
2. Call the silent installer by typing the following command: ./installer.sh i

*Note: First make sure you are in the right folder. To do so, type cd < path to the folder >

A Pull Print queue is automatically created.

Uninstalling a Celiveo Virtual Printer silently

Celiveo Virtual Printer can also be removed silently from macOS machine, ie without requesting any user interaction.

1. On the admin machine, launch the command prompt dialog.
2. Call the silent uninstaller by typing the following command: ./installer.sh u

All binaries are removed from the Install folder.

*Note: Although the solution files have been removed, Print jobs remain for migration purposes.

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