[Printing-architecture] Embedded printing

["chirag Shah" <chirag.shah@einfochips.com>]

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Hi All,

Sorry to copy paste whole thread as i did not find any button to post reply on continued thread. Anyway doesn't matter.
What i would like to ask is, i am in the simillar situation as "Matt". 

I am developing an embedded system in which i need to give support of laser printers. I am having monta vista linux 2.6 on my ARM based embedded board. In that basic kernel i am having support of CUPS through which i was able to print only .jpg files. I used lp commands to print .jpg file. But my end goal is to print a report which can have text and images combined on same page. I am not able to print a simple .txt or .vi file.

For that, i believe i need ghost script support. But my monta vista linux is not having support for ghost script. I tried to cross-compile ghost script source with my arm tool-chain but it failed.

So, how can i add support of laser printers in my embedded(ARM based) system?

Thanks in advance,
Chirag Shah (A new member eager for favorable reply :) )



Matt Gessner magembcons at gmail.com 
Mon Oct 13 10:46:18 PDT 2008 

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Hello, and thank you.

Is the HPIJS solution part of the HPLIP solution?  Or is it something
different?

On the web page, http://www.linuxprinting.org/ijs there are some drivers
listed, but I'm confused as to where to go from there?

Also, is there a web page that describes in detail what I need?  Something
that lays out the architecture of what needs to be done by applications (do
I need lpd, CUPS, or something else?)  I've skimmed lots of documentation,
so perhaps I've missed something in my skimming that would answer all my
questions.

THanks lots,

Matt

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Petrie, Glen
<glen.petrie at eitc.epson.com>wrote:

>  Matt,
>
>
>
> For embedded solutions, IJS (for Epson and others) or HPIJS (for HP
> printers) is a suggestion.  It is small, MIT open-source driver; and,
> print-vender drivers typically do not have floating point.   (Contact me for
> a CD of Epson's version of the IJS.)
>
>
>
> Epson also has a generic, platform independent, non-floating driver for
> their desktop inkjet printer. (Contact me if you are interested.)
>
>
>
> glen
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>
> *From:* printing-architecture-bounces at lists.linux-foundation.org [mailto:
> printing-architecture-bounces at lists.linux-foundation.org] *On Behalf Of *Matt
> Gessner
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 12, 2008 6:33 PM
> *To:* printing-architecture at lists.linux-foundation.org
> *Subject:* [Printing-architecture] Embedded printing
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I''m looking for some solutions for doing printing on an embedded system
> (arm, if it matters).  Raster screen shots and simple text reports are
> (pretty much) all that's desired.
>
> One objective is to avoid using anything that requires floating point math,
> as it's only emulated on this particular arm.
>
> I've been searcing the lists and can't find anything specific to embedded
> systems, but in an O'Reilly article from 2007, there's a note that such
> capabilities would be added in 6 months.  Since we're well past that date,
> I'm wondering if that's been tackled.
>
> Would someone please point me to some resources where I could read up on
> how to do printing on such a system?  I will continue to do my own research,
> but it sure seems like this is an area where there would be some discussion
> so I'm hoping this is the right list.
>
> Thank you.

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