ID CARD driver development

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Tue Sep 11 06:28:27 PDT 2007


Premjo wrote:
>> Premjo wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Yes i have. But how i can pass id card printer specific commands through cups?
>> Write a filter program that converts CUPS raster data (application/
>> vnd.cups-raster) to the printer's language.  Then create a PPD file
>> that uses that filter.
>>
>> See the filter/rastertohp.c sources from CUPS and the CUPS DDK for
>> more information on developing a raster driver.
>>
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>> ______________________________________________________________________
>> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
>> Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com
> 
> Hi,
> 
>   How do i get "Filter/rastertohp.c and application/vnd.cups-raster" files . i downloaded the cupsddk-1.2.0-source but i didn't find these files on that? please help me on this.

rastertohp.c is part of the CUPS sources.  I suggested it over the
DDK drivers because it is simpler to modify.

The DDK provides the tools for creating PPD files, along with
documentation on how to write a driver.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com




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