diff --git a/web/src/main/resources/applicationContext.xml b/web/src/main/resources/applicationContext.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8711a72f4e
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+++ b/web/src/main/resources/applicationContext.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+
+	   xmlns:cxf="http://cxf.apache.org/core"
+	   xmlns:jaxws="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws"
+       xmlns:jaxrs="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs"
+
+       xsi:schemaLocation="
+            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans     http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+            http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws                     http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxws.xsd
+            http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs                     http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxrs.xsd
+            http://cxf.apache.org/core                      http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/core.xsd
+            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context   http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+       default-autowire="byName">
+
+    <context:annotation-config />
+
+    <bean id="mapPrinter" class="org.mapfish.print.MapPrinter" scope="prototype"></bean>
+	<bean id="configFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.config.ConfigFactory"></bean>
+    
+    <bean id="geostoreInitializer" class="it.geosolutions.geostore.init.GeoStoreInit" lazy-init="false">
+        <!-- Site specific initialization. Please specify a path in the ovr file-->
+        <!--<property name="userListInitFile"><null/></property>-->
+        <property name="userListInitFile" value="classpath:sample_users.xml"/>
+        <!-- Site specific initialization. Please specify a path in the ovr file-->
+        <property name="categoryListInitFile" value="classpath:sample_categories.xml" />
+
+        <!-- Site specific initialization. Please specify a path in the ovr file-->
+        <property name="userGroupListInitFile" value="classpath:sample_groups.xml" />
+        <!-- The default password encoder -->
+        <property name="passwordEncoder" ref="${passwordEncoderUsed}"></property>	
+        
+        
+    </bean>
+      
+      <!-- Define MapReaderFactories -->
+    <bean id="mapReaderFactoryFinder" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.MapReaderFactoryFinder"/>
+    <bean id="wms-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.WMSMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="mapServer-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.MapServerMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="tileCache-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.TileCacheMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="osm-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.OsmMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="xyz-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.XyzMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="tms-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.TmsMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="vector-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.VectorMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="image-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.ImageMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="tiledGoogle-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.google.GoogleMapTileReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="google-MapReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.google.GoogleMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="kaMapCache-ReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.KaMapCacheMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="kaMap-ReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.KaMapMapReader$Factory"/>
+    <bean id="wmts-ReaderFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.map.readers.WMTSMapReader$Factory"/>
+    
+    <!-- Define output factories -->
+    <bean id="outputFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.output.OutputFactory">
+        <property name="formatFactories">
+            <list>
+                <!-- Uncomment to use image magick for image output -->
+                <!-- <ref bean="imageMagickOutput" />  -->
+                <ref bean="fileCachingJaiMosaicOutputFactory" />
+                <ref bean="inMemoryJaiMosaicOutputFactory" />
+                <ref bean="pdfOutputFactory" />
+            </list>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    <bean id="imageMagickOutput" class="org.mapfish.print.output.NativeProcessOutputFactory">
+        <!-- the path and command of the process to use for converting the pdf to another format.
+             The normal configuration is for imagemagick  -->
+        <property name="cmd">
+            <value>/usr/local/convert</value>
+        </property>
+        <!-- The arguments to use when running an imagemagick process -->
+        <property name="cmdArgs">
+            <list>
+                <value>-density</value>
+                <value>@@dpi@@</value>
+                <value>-append</value>
+                <value>@@sourceFile@@</value>
+                <value>@@targetFile@@</value>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+        <!-- Formats supported by the converter -->
+        <property name="formats">
+            <list>
+                <value>jpg</value>
+                <value>png</value>
+                <value>tif</value>
+                <value>tiff</value>
+                <value>gif</value>
+                <value>bmp</value>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+        <!-- The number of concurrent processes to run.  Extra processes will wait their turn  -->
+        <constructor-arg>
+            <value>10</value>
+        </constructor-arg>
+        <!-- the length of time to wait for a process to be available before giving up -->
+        <property name="timeoutSeconds">
+            <value>30</value>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    <bean id="fileCachingJaiMosaicOutputFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.output.FileCachingJaiMosaicOutputFactory"/>
+    <bean id="inMemoryJaiMosaicOutputFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.output.InMemoryJaiMosaicOutputFactory"/>
+    <bean id="pdfOutputFactory" class="org.mapfish.print.output.PdfOutputFactory"/>
+</beans>
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diff --git a/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 46a0f0b6e9..9a65db0bc6 100644
--- a/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,20 @@
       <url-pattern>/proxy/*</url-pattern>
     </servlet-mapping>
 
+    <!-- Printing Servlet -->
+    <servlet>
+       <servlet-name>mapfish.print</servlet-name>
+       <servlet-class>org.mapfish.print.servlet.MapPrinterServlet</servlet-class>
+       <init-param>
+         <param-name>config</param-name>
+         <param-value>printing/config.yaml</param-value>
+       </init-param>
+    </servlet>
+    <servlet-mapping>
+      <servlet-name>mapfish.print</servlet-name>
+      <url-pattern>/pdf/*</url-pattern>
+    </servlet-mapping>
+    
 	<!-- Default page to serve -->
 	<welcome-file-list>
 		<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>