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Table Of Contents
- What is Connect Send?
- Installation
- Printer driver
- Workflow Plugins
- Connect Send database cleanup service
- Moving Workflow to another machine
- Prerequisites
- System Requirements
- Installing OL Connect Send Printer Driver
- Printer driver properties and advanced settings
- Mass deployment of the OL Connect Send Printer Driver
- Using API Keys
- OLCS Notifier
- Known Issues
- License modes
- OL Connect Send in Workflow
- Using the Printer Driver
- Log files
- Troubleshooting
- OL Connect Send OL Connect Send Release Notes
Using API Keys
OL Connect Send allows to use API keys to enhance security. Using API keys is optional, but
strongly recommended.
This is how it works.
l
The print service provider provides an API key to the OL Connect Send user (see
"Providing an API key to a user" below).
l
When a job is printed by the OL Connect Send OL Connect Send, it will include the API
key in its HTTP headers to authorize itself for printing (see "The API key in the HTTP
headers" on page65).
l The Workflow process that receives print jobs needs to verify the API key (see "Verifying
an API Key" on page65).
l If the API key is not accepted, the server should respond with HTTP status 401.
l If the OLCS client receives a response with status code 401, it will stop trying to submit
the print job, and the print job will go into an error status with an appropriate error
message.
Providing an API key to a user
It is up to the print service provider to manage API keys and provide them to subscribers.
The subscriber will either need the API key itself and enter it during installation of the printer
driver, or a presets file that includes the API key, which the Setup tool will use if the two are
located in the same folder, or if it is downloaded as part of the Installation (see "Installing OL
Connect Send Printer Driver" on page13).
The same presets file is used by the Silent Setup tool (see "Mass deployment of the OL
Connect Send Printer Driver" on page30).
Ideally, the service provider would create a portal for their subscribers, allowing subscribers to
manage API keys and download the keys or installation files/packages themselves.
OLCS Notifier
Once an OL Connect Send Printer Driver is installed, an application called OLCS Notifier is
also installed. It displays information concerning the preparation and transfer of each print job.
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