[cups.general] emulate CUPS - hwoto

[Michael Sweet]

Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> (only) one of my applications (Maple) needs CUPS.
> Since I don't need a full grown printing service,
> how can I write tiny Python (or Perl) script which emulates a CUPS
> server which is recognized e.g. by Maple.

I'm not aware of anything that could do it - you'll need something
that can parse IPP operations.

FWIW, if you strip CUPS down (no filters or backends) then it is
really quite lightweight.  What do you need to do with CUPS?

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