[cups] Printing to native XPS printers using CUPS

[Gernot Hassenpflug]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Helge Blischke <helgeblischke at web.de> wrote:
> Hello Gernot,

Hallo Helge,

Many thanks for the experimentation.

> I tried out Ghostscript’s xpswrite device yesterday and currently cannot recommend its use
> for the following reasons:
> (1) The pages are rendered as TIFF images (one image per page).
> (2) The resolution of these images is hardcoded to 96 dpi and cannot be changed.
> (3) The color space is hard coded to sRGB and cannot be changed (e.g. to grayscale
>      for a b/w printer).

Oops, I see, that is a bit of a setback.

> But for supporting printers which speak nothing but XPS, such a filter could be implemented.
> I’ll think about it.

Yes, I think that would confer linux compatibility to a large number
of mostly business-level all-in-ones. Thank you very much, I'm not
sure which tools are available under linux to output XPS, you already
mentioned glibxps for rendering, I will look into that more (ideally
should work without installing Gnome-related libraries, not just
desktop machines).

Best wishes,
Gernot Hassenpflug