Cups Backend

[Michael Sweet]

On Dec 14, 2009, at 6:30 AM, sateesh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>     I want to add my own backend to my printer. what i should do for that one?


Backends work very much like filters, only they don't send data to stdout, they send it to the device, a file, email, etc.

man backend

http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/api-filter.html

Look at the sources for the existing backends (in the backend directory)

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer