[cups.development] Porting Cups to an embedded platform (Linux)

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Mon Aug 27 07:14:03 PDT 2012


Tirant,

On Aug 27, 2012, at 7:53 AM, tirant <tirantloblanc77 at yahoo.es> wrote:
> Thanks Michael,
> 
> After changing options from -fPIE to -fPIC I could compile ippserver for my board.
> 
> Does it work as a standalone ippserver?

Yes.

> I just need to redirect ipp print options to a raw printer in my system. The printer drivers should be installed in the client. Will I need to install other CUPS files?

No, but you will need to modify ippserver to send the print file someplace.  Right now ippserver accepts the file, sleeps for a few seconds to simulate processing of the job, and then removes the file.


> 
>> Tirant,
>> 
>> You might want to look at the ippserver code in the test directory as a starting point.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 1:38 AM, tirant <tirantloblanc77 at yahoo.es> wrote:
>> 
>>> I need to give IPP support to share USB printers in an embedded platform based on Linux 2.6/uclibc.
>>> 
>>> CUPS seems the only IPP opensource project I can find.
>>> 
>>> Is it possible to port only the IPP fraction of CUPS? Are the requirements high? I don't think I am able to support libstdcpp in my embedded platform.
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
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