CUPS without raster filter

shermin sherminismail at gmail.com
Tue Sep 16 23:48:23 PDT 2008


Hi,
I am "not"printing from command line.

ALso i include all those in ppd file in setpage device but while reading the rasterdata from filter i need to separate  the different color bits to send those to the printer.

Shermin

> shermin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 1)I am trying to print one .png or bmp file using my custom usb backend and in the error log it says
> > Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 31245)
> > Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster (PID 31246)
> >
> > But while printing bmp files or image file filter started should be imagetoraster right.But for me that is not showing.
> >
> > What could be the reason
>
> Are you printing from the command-line or from an application?
>
> > I am trying to send the commands to the printer in my custom usb backend.
> > 2)Also in my vendor specific card printer i need to sent color bits to my printer rather than sending the raster data by pixels as such.Is there any method to get color bits from cups raster data???
>
> Of course, just include the appropriate setpagedevice commands in your
> PPD to change the default cupsColorSpace, cupsBitsPerColor, and
> cupsColorOrder to match what your backend needs.
>
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
>





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