Please read the documentation available here: http://trac.mapfish.org/trac/mapfish/wiki/PrintModuleDoc == build == - Execute the following command(): > ./gradlew build This will build three artifacts: print-servlet-xxx.war, print-lib.jar, print-standalone.jar == Deploy == The following command will build and upload all artifacts to the dev.mapfish.org repository. > ./gradlew upload -DsshPassphrase=... To use in eclipse: - Create eclipse project metadata: > ./gradlew eclipse - Import project into eclipse == Run from commandline == The following command will run the mapfish printer. If you do no supply any -Dxxx args then all argument options will be listed. > ./gradlew run -Dconfig=samples/config.yaml -Dspec=samples/spec.json -Doutput=/tmp/print-out.pdf == Run in eclipse == - Create new Java Run Configuration - Main class is org.mapfish.print.ShellMapPrinter - Program arguments: --config=samples/config.yaml --spec=samples/spec.json --output=$HOME/print.pdf