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- NEW docs/PRINTER-INSTALLER.md: install-list / pc-default / install-batch
  contract + public installer map page.
- NEW-shape docs/API-REFERENCE.md: index + pointer to the live generated docs
  (/api/docs Redoc, openapi.json, llms.txt, MCP), replacing a stale full dump.
- geenforce cutover + GE-ENFORCE-DISPLAY/CLIENT/DEPLOY: server-first display
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  cutover status.
- PLUGINS: printers/slides rows + plugin-permissions note (slides.manage).
- IMPORT-API: dashboarddefaults FQDN-first keying.
- CONFIG: word-wise search, site_timezone setting.
- PILOT-DEPLOY: servers-to-network reclassify step. IMPORT-ADOPTION: fixup note.
- CLAUDE.md: test count 1077->1159, HTTPS-cutover state. CHANGELOG: timezone +
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# Printer installer map and install endpoints
How the shop-floor fleet installs network printers from shopdb-flask, replacing
the classic ASP `apiprinters.asp` / `apipcdefaultprinter.asp` / `installprinter.asp`
contract. Shopfloor 2.0 PCs cannot run unsigned `.bat` maps, so a signed
installer EXE (and the public web map page) drives installs from three endpoints
in the printers plugin.
- Server code: `plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py`
(`printer_install_list`, `pc_default_printer`, `printer_install_batch`)
- Consumed as a fleet manifest entry: the `common` scope's `printer map`
entry (see `GE-ENFORCE-DISPLAY.md`).
All three endpoints are `@jwt_required(optional=True)`: an anonymous fleet
client works, and a logged-in browser (the public map page) works too.
---
## 1. The public map page
`PrinterInstallerMap` is a public (no-login) frontend page: the floor map with
printer hotspots positioned at each printer's `mapx` / `mapy`. The user clicks
the printers they want, and the page requests an install batch. The PC's default
printer is preselected via `pc-default`.
---
## 2. `GET /api/printers/install-list`
Flat, unpaginated list of active NETWORK printers. A printer counts as network
only if it has a hostname or a non-USB IP; USB-only printers are excluded.
Fields per row:
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| `printerid` | Printer id (the token `install-batch` takes). |
| `name` | Asset name, else asset number. |
| `machinenumber` | The asset number. |
| `windowsname` | Standardized Windows printer name. |
| `sharename` | Share / CSF name. |
| `hostname` | Print-queue host. |
| `ipaddress` | Primary IP (falls back to any communication row). |
| `vendorname` | Direct vendor, else the model's vendor. |
| `modelnumber` | Model name. |
| `installpath` | Installer path for this printer (see install-batch). |
| `iscsf` | CSF flag. |
| `locationname` | Location name, if the asset has one. |
| `mapx` / `mapy` | Floor-map hotspot position. |
`?format=text` returns a pipe-delimited line per printer, one printer per line,
with a fixed field order so the Inno / Pascal installer does a `split()` instead
of parsing JSON:
```
printerid|windowsname|vendorname|modelnumber|hostname|ipaddress|mapx|mapy
```
Any pipe or newline inside a value is neutralized to a space so the field count
stays fixed. The web map uses the default JSON.
---
## 3. `GET /api/printers/pc-default?machine=NNNN`
The PC's default printer, by machine (asset) number persisted at PXE enrollment.
Parity with classic `apipcdefaultprinter.asp`: the installer preselects a PC's
default-printer hotspot on the site-map wizard. The link is resolved through the
`defaultprinter` asset relationship (PC asset -> printer asset), so it stays
inside the contract surface (no cross-plugin model import).
Returns `{printerid, windowsname}`, or `{}` when the machine is unknown or has no
active default printer set.
`?format=text` returns one pipe-delimited line (`printerid|windowsname`), or an
EMPTY body when there is no default (so the installer's split yields nothing).
---
## 4. `GET /api/printers/install-batch?printerids=1,2,3`
Returns a self-deleting Windows `.bat` that installs the selected printers,
grouped the same way classic `installprinter.asp` grouped them:
- HP / Xerox: one universal `PrinterInstaller.exe /PRINTER="a,b,c"` call.
- Printers with a `.exe` `installpath`: a PowerShell `Invoke-WebRequest` download
(using the caller's Windows credentials, against the site base URL + the
IIS-served `/installers` folder) followed by running it `/SILENT`.
- No `installpath`, or a non-`.exe` payload (e.g. a `.zip`): listed as a manual
install rather than run blindly.
`printerids` is required, comma-separated; non-numeric tokens are ignored. An
empty / missing list is a validation error.
The install name preference is `windowsname`, else `sharename`, else the asset
name / number.
---
## 5. Fleet wiring
The `common` scope's `printer map` manifest entry (see `GE-ENFORCE-DISPLAY.md`)
lays down the signed installer that consumes these endpoints. The web map page
covers the same install flow for a human at a browser.