On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Steven Descheemaeker <stev...@limotec.be> wrote: > > Marc Reilly schreef op di 19-05-2015 om 10:42 [+1000]: >> Hi Steven, >> >> >> I got printing going a couple of years ago for HP printers, (the only type we >> needed to support). I haven't been keeping track since, so I'm not sure what >> the current state of recipes in yocto is. >> >> We only need to be able to print pdfs. It's not fast, but it works. >> >> On Monday, May 18, 2015 04:39:41 PM Steven Descheemaeker wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I'm trying to add printer support to my embedded board. I'm able to >> > build cups but there aren't any driver packages. >> > >> > Are there any recent packages for printer drivers? I already tried to >> > build gutenprint/foomatic myself but I'm relatively new to yocto so I'm >> > not that good in writing recipes my own. >> > >> > Anyone can help me out with this ? >> >> >> What type of printer are you using? >> >> For HP printers, use the hplip drivers. There is a detect/add printer script >> which is handy for adding USB printers. >> For other brands, I'm not sure. I think there were some recipes for canon and >> epson printers. >> >> Below is a list of the packages in the image related to printing, the python >> packages are for the hplip add scripts, and the perl is (i think) for the >> foomatic filters. >> >> Cheers, >> Marc >> >> >> >> IMAGE_PRINTING_INSTALL = " \ >> ghostscript \ >> ghostscript-cups \ >> cups \ >> cups-doc \ >> cups-lib \ >> cups-libimage \ >> foomatic-filters \ >> poppler \ >> poppler-data \ >> hplip \ >> hplip-ppd \ >> hplip-cups \ >> hplip-backend \ >> hplip-filter \ >> python-syslog \ >> python-pprint \ >> python-compression \ >> python-shell \ >> python-xml \ >> python-unixadmin \ >> python-html \ >> python-resource \ >> python-terminal \ >> python-lang \ >> python-stringold \ >> python-netclient \ >> python-fcntl \ >> " >> >> PRINTPERL = " \ >> perl-module-strict \ >> perl-module-posix \ >> perl-module-fcntl \ >> perl-module-exporter-heavy \ >> perl-module-cwd \ >> perl-module-sigtrap \ >> perl-module-io-handle \ >> perl-module-data-dumper \ >> perl-module-bytes \ >> " >> >> >> >> > > Hello Marc, > > For HP I already found hplip indeed, but I need more than only HP as > printer brand. I'm searching for recipes like gutenprint/foomatic with a > large amount of printer drivers for different brands. >
does this help http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/recipes-extended/foomatic/foomatic-filters_4.0.17.bb -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel