Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-03-07 Thread Carlos Rimola
Hi All, I have some quick and general questions regarding IPP over USB (IPP USB for short). Some are related to Till's proposed project Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support. Any help and feedback will be greatly welcomed. I should mention that I am in favor of the proposed

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-03-07 Thread Carlos Rimola
Michael, Thanks for the comprehensive response to my questions on IPP USB and confirming my assumptions. The only remaining question I have for the list at this time is - are there any Hosts, including model, OS and OS version (or other S/W requirements), presently available on the market (or

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-03-07 Thread Carlos Rimola
Hello All, I have a couple of simple follow-up questions on IPP USB (IPP-over-USB) Host device support: Is IPP USB designed to support connecting and printing from a device like a tablet or smartphone (e.g., iPad, iPhone, Etc.) directly connected to a printer over USB? If the answer is yes - is

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-03-04 Thread Michael Sweet
Carlos, On Mar 4, 2014, at 5:28 PM, Carlos Rimola crim...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, I have a couple of simple follow-up questions on IPP USB (IPP-over-USB) Host device support: Is IPP USB designed to support connecting and printing from a device like a tablet or smartphone (e.g.,

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-02-27 Thread Michael Sweet
Carlos, On Feb 26, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Carlos Rimola crim...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have some quick and general questions regarding IPP over USB (IPP USB for short). Some are related to Till's proposed project Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support. Any help and

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-02-27 Thread Michael Sweet
Carlos, Any Mac running OS X 10.9 supports IPP USB; note that we have a bunch of pending bug fixes (sorry, can't say when the fixes will be released...) that address issues found in testing with multiple vendors' implementations of IPP USB, but the current 10.9.2 will work with all of the HP

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-02-26 Thread Michael Sweet
Till, Some comments inline... On Feb 25, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Till Kamppeter till.kamppe...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, a new standard not yet supported under Linux but starting to penetrate the market is IPP-over-USB (Internet Printing Protocol over USB). ... Fortunately, the PWG has added a

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-02-26 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 01:42:00PM -0500, Michael Sweet wrote: Till, Some comments inline... On Feb 25, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Till Kamppeter till.kamppe...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, a new standard not yet supported under Linux but starting to penetrate the market is IPP-over-USB (Internet

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-02-26 Thread Michael Sweet
Greg, On Feb 25, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Greg KH g...@kroah.com wrote: ... So you want to do this as a userspace library talking directly to the USB device through usbfs/libusb? Or should the kernel provide a basic pipe-like functionality to the hardware to make it easier for things to be queued

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-02-26 Thread Till Kamppeter
I have posted this project on our project ideas list now: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/gsoc/google-summer-code-2014 Feel free to do corrections on the posting. I have also announced our participation in the GSoC on our front page:

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-02-26 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 08:56:23PM -0500, Michael Sweet wrote: Greg, On Feb 25, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Greg KH g...@kroah.com wrote: ... So you want to do this as a userspace library talking directly to the USB device through usbfs/libusb? Or should the kernel provide a basic pipe-like

Re: [Printing-architecture] Google Summer of Code 2014 - IPP-over-USB printer support - Joint project idea for OpenPrinting and the kernel

2014-02-26 Thread Michael Sweet
Greg, We already unload the usblp driver - it isn't compatible with most of the multifunction printers out there today... On Feb 26, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Greg KH g...@kroah.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 08:56:23PM -0500, Michael Sweet wrote: Greg, On Feb 25, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Greg KH