Hi all,
For a couple of years now I've been using a small APS brand
printer that connects via serial port. In order to support this
printer, there is a binary executable (i have GPL sources as
well) that gets installed at /usr/lib/cups/backend/aps as will
as a Postscript Printer Description (PPD)
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo
wrote:
> So, my question is, can a printer that only requires a PPD file
> give me feedback like presence, paper status etc or do I need
> to write a CUPS backend driver to get those features.
I've used a HP T522.ppd USB printer (portable, batt
Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> From memory it
> told me ink levels and only required a t522.ppd.
Thanks that is a data point.
Erik
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo
wrote:
> Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>
>> From memory it
>> told me ink levels and only required a t522.ppd.
>
> Thanks that is a data point.
It is however quite conceivable that my memory is faulty. So the
datapoint may say more about my memory tha
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> So, my question is, can a printer that only requires a PPD file
> give me feedback like presence, paper status etc or do I need
> to write a CUPS backend driver to get those features.
Asking in the cups.development forum:
http://cups.org/newsgroups.php?s3895+gcup
