[cups.development] Custom Driver Development

[Hin-Tak Leung]

Well, I am probably one of those peole who could/would develop a CUPS driver on a contractual basis, but I think there are three issues which can be discussed more widely:

- do you have any special arrangement with Toshiba for them to supply some detailed technical information/documentation, even if they will not devote any engineering resources? (i.e. is reverse-engineering of the windows driver required).

- what is your intended licensing term of the result? open, exclusive to your company, etc?

- why do you need CUPS, and/or unix spooling? In what way is windows network print-sharing not working for you?  

--- On Fri, 15/6/12, Josh Szmajda <josh at optoro.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> My business is considering using a printer that isn't
> currently supported by CUPS (the Toshiba DB-EA4D or
> something similar), and the manufacturer isn't interested in
> writing a CUPS driver themselves. Are there people who
> develop CUPS drivers on a contractual basis? If you're one
> of these people, please contact me about your rates and
> requirements.
> 
> Thanks very much!
> -Josh Szmajda
> VP, Software Development
> Optoro
> 
> If you're interested, here's some marketing about the
> printer: http://www.pccubed..co.uk/content/products/pdfs/33.pdf