[oe] CUPS ppd drivers
Steven Descheemaeker
stevend at limotec.be
Tue May 19 06:02:26 UTC 2015
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.
kind regards
--
Steven Descheemaeker
Software developer
Limotec BVBA
Bosstraat 21
8570 Vichte
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