Sending Print Packets (for lack of abetter word) to CUPS

[andrew]

Thanks Michael Sweet,

Very informative, will look into this.

Thanks Again,

Clyde

> If you want to print directly, you'll need to do more than stream print =
> data - CUPS (and cupsd specifically) is an IPP-based print server, so =
> you'll need to generate IPP messages and post them using HTTP over the =
> normal CUPS ports.
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> Some people have setup raw socket listeners via xinetd/inetd that =
> basically pipe their output into lp or lpr, which then generate a =
> Print-Job request for the local cupsd.
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> On Mar 3, 2010, at 1:36 PM, andrew wrote:
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> > Hi (anybody who can weigh in),
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> > If I were to build an external application to talk to CUPS (ie. CUPS =
> on one server, app on another), is there a specific way in which to =
> communicate to it?  Can I simply forward messages to port <cups port> =
> and have it print away?  Or is there a very specific set of =
> parameters/values I need to send once I'm able to open up a socket =
> connecting to the CUPS server on the application side?
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> > If this is confusing please let me know.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Clyde
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> ________________________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
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