Fiery API Program for Viewing Paper Trays across multiple printers

[tngcas]

Just wanted to show and tell a little bit.
ChatGPT and I worked out a system for using the Fiery API and a small PHP/MySql database to create the attached dashboard.

• Main dashboard - What paper is currently loaded
• Main dashboard - How much paper is loaded
• Main dashboard - What paper was loaded prior to this one
  • Useful if someone accidentally changes the paper in a tray and doesn't remember what was in there originally.
• Side Dashboard - Tracks what paper is loaded by paper type
  • Useful if you're searching what printer to print a job on and want to lookup by paper type.
• Side Dashboard - Tracks what paper was recently loaded
  • Helps speed up decision making for deciding what printer to load paper into. Knowing where the paper likely to have been registered/aligned.
• Side Dashboard - Only tracks the paper you ask it to track (not every media in the paper catalog is useful to track)

All hosted on an internal server that is accessible from every printer in the shop.

 

[SoggyWinter]

How much does the API cost per device?

 

[tngcas]

How much does the API cost per device?

It's free!!! I know right!
You just have to ask your fiery person to turn on the api access and give you your keys.

 

[chriscozi]

Really Nice!!
I'll bet the operators are ecstatic to be able to track what paper is where and how much is available.
Super efficient!

 

[ReproElectroProspero]

I would love to take a look at the code if you're willing to share! Cool project.

 

[tngcas]

I would love to take a look at the code if you're willing to share! Cool project.

Happy to. Shoot me your email in a message and I'll send you the folder. There's some manual steps for creating the databases in phpMyAdmin so let me know if you need that as well. It's not a plug and play program.