[cups.general] RE: CUPS & Ghostscript

[v.sudeep at exgate.tek.com]

Hi !!

I was trying to compile CUPS (cups 1.1.20) as a driver in GNU
Ghostscript(7.07) as per the instructions in the README.pstoraster of CUPS.
I seem to be running into some problems. 

Here is a clipping from the build output:

FEATURE_DEVS= DEVICE_DEVS= DEVICE_DEVS1= DEVICE_DEVS2= DEVICE_DEVS3= \
DEVICE_DEVS4= DEVICE_DEVS5= DEVICE_DEVS6= DEVICE_DEVS7= DEVICE_DEVS8= \
DEVICE_DEVS9= DEVICE_DEVS10= DEVICE_DEVS11= DEVICE_DEVS12= \
DEVICE_DEVS13= DEVICE_DEVS14= DEVICE_DEVS15= DEVICE_DEVS16= \
DEVICE_DEVS17= DEVICE_DEVS18= DEVICE_DEVS19= DEVICE_DEVS20= \
/bin/sh <./obj/ldt.tr
./obj/gdevcups.o(.text+0x39): In function `cups_close':
: undefined reference to `cupsRasterClose'
./obj/gdevcups.o(.text+0x235d): In function `cups_open':
: undefined reference to `ppdOpenFile'
./obj/gdevcups.o(.text+0x24d3): In function `cups_print_pages':
: undefined reference to `cupsRasterWriteHeader'
./obj/gdevcups.o(.text+0x25af): In function `cups_print_pages':
: undefined reference to `cupsRasterOpen'
./obj/gdevcups.o(.text+0x434c): In function `cups_print_chunked':
: undefined reference to `cupsRasterWritePixels'
./obj/gdevcups.o(.text+0x4753): In function `cups_print_banded':
: undefined reference to `cupsRasterWritePixels'
./obj/gdevcups.o(.text+0x52ca): In function `cups_print_planar':
: undefined reference to `cupsRasterWritePixels'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [bin/gs] Error 1


Any suggestions as to how to get this working ?

Thanks in advance !!!

- S u d e e p    V
Unless you jump from the frying pan to the fire, all you get is a raw deal. 


-----Original Message-----
From: Till Kamppeter [mailto:till.kamppeter at gmx.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:37 PM
To: Sudeep, V
Cc: cups at easysw.com
Subject: Re: CUPS & Ghostscript


Follow the steps on

http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html

This way you can make use of all built-in drivers of GhostScript and 
also of all other known free printer drivers.

    Till


v.sudeep at exgate.tek.com wrote:
> Hi !!
> 
> I recently downloaded the source code for CUPS 1.1.20 and GNU Ghostscript
> 7.07b and built them individually on my system. 
> 
> Can you please tell me / direct me to a link as to how I can integrate the
> two such that -
> 1. A simple "lp tiger.ps" is able to print the postscript file, unlike the
> complicated gs commands.
> 2. If I dont need postscript printing, how do I make use of ghostscript's
> printer drivers so that I can print text & image files to say Lexmark &
> Epson printers.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> - S u d e e p    V
> Unless you jump from the frying pan to the fire, all you get is a raw
deal. 
> 
>