using network printers, what non-cups things exist?

[Mike Marchywka]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 02:28:11PM +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Montag, den 11.11.2019, 13:15 +0000 schrieb Mike Marchywka:
> > 
> > Thanks, but what else is really needed besides a format convert and
> > socket output program? Both should be easy to find. An ampersand is
> > all the queue I need :) It is not like the network printer is
> > actually
> > a device that needs a kernel module to support right?
> 
> not kernel module support but a translation into the right postscript
> commands:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description
> 
> this translation is the other feature cups gives you beyond a queue ...
> :)

Isn't there some query scheme worked out to just ask it during
discovery? I'm willing to send a few pages of unsupported post
script to it instead of downloading hundreds of "things" ...

> 
> also note that cups is socket activated since at least 14.04, so it
> will not permanently run if you have it installed but only if you
> actually print. so after all istalling cups will only occupy some disk
> space. 
> 
> ciao
> 	oli



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