From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 00:00:54 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1389 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Tuesday 07 November 2006 Number 1389 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation : Ed Durrant 2 Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation : Paul Smedley 3 Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation : John Angelico" 4 Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation : Ed Durrant 5 Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation : Paul Smedley 6 Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation : Kris Steenhaut 7 Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation : John Angelico" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:44:44 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation It was great to see in the latest Netlabs newsletter reference to a new project eCUPS http://svn dot netlabs dot org/ecups Whose aim is to bring the Common Unix Printer Support (CUPS) to OS/2 and eComStation ! Hoping that the CUPS configuration files that work under Unix or Linux will work under the final OS2/eCS version, means that one MAJOR problem for eComStation (finding printers that are able to be attached to OS/2 or eComStation systems) may be addressed. Not all printers have CUPS drivers but an aweful lot more have CUPS drivers than have OS/2 drivers ! Great News !! Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:32:26 +1030 From: Paul Smedley Subject: Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation Hi Ed, Ed Durrant wrote: > It was great to see in the latest Netlabs newsletter reference to a new > project eCUPS > > http://svn dot netlabs dot org/ecups > > Whose aim is to bring the Common Unix Printer Support (CUPS) to OS/2 and > eComStation ! > > Hoping that the CUPS configuration files that work under Unix or Linux > will work under the final OS2/eCS version, means that one MAJOR problem > for eComStation (finding printers that are able to be attached to OS/2 > or eComStation systems) may be addressed. Not all printers have CUPS > drivers but an aweful lot more have CUPS drivers than have OS/2 drivers ! > > Great News !! I'm currently working on bring CUPS to OS/2 and eCS. Bart has written a port driver that will help integrate CUPS into eCS. Currently working: - printing of .txt, image files, and postscript files to a HP Laserjet printer with postscript, and connected via LAN (lpd server in the laserjet). - currently working on getting the other types of printers supported by CUPS working, starting with my HP laserjet in laserjet mode, and connected by lpd. - next will come getting USB printers to work (which is the more interesting part given that we already have good PS and laserjet support). Cheers, Paul. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:06:32 +1100 (AEDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:44:44 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote: >It was great to see in the latest Netlabs newsletter reference to a new >project eCUPS > >http://svn dot netlabs dot org/ecups > >Whose aim is to bring the Common Unix Printer Support (CUPS) to OS/2 and >eComStation ! > >Hoping that the CUPS configuration files that work under Unix or Linux >will work under the final OS2/eCS version, means that one MAJOR problem >for eComStation (finding printers that are able to be attached to OS/2 >or eComStation systems) may be addressed. Not all printers have CUPS >drivers but an aweful lot more have CUPS drivers than have OS/2 drivers ! > >Great News !! Indeed Ed. I was also impressed by the description of the build process (described WRT Postscript drivers). It didn't look too hard to translate to other printer types. Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:18:08 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation Paul Smedley wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Ed Durrant wrote: >> It was great to see in the latest Netlabs newsletter reference to a >> new project eCUPS >> >> http://svn dot netlabs dot org/ecups >> >> Whose aim is to bring the Common Unix Printer Support (CUPS) to OS/2 >> and eComStation ! >> >> Hoping that the CUPS configuration files that work under Unix or Linux >> will work under the final OS2/eCS version, means that one MAJOR >> problem for eComStation (finding printers that are able to be attached >> to OS/2 or eComStation systems) may be addressed. Not all printers >> have CUPS drivers but an aweful lot more have CUPS drivers than have >> OS/2 drivers ! >> >> Great News !! > > I'm currently working on bring CUPS to OS/2 and eCS. > > Bart has written a port driver that will help integrate CUPS into eCS. > > Currently working: > - printing of .txt, image files, and postscript files to a HP Laserjet > printer with postscript, and connected via LAN (lpd server in the > laserjet). > > - currently working on getting the other types of printers supported by > CUPS working, starting with my HP laserjet in laserjet mode, and > connected by lpd. > > - next will come getting USB printers to work (which is the more > interesting part given that we already have good PS and laserjet support). > > Cheers, > > Paul. > > > The big question is - are "win-printers" supported by CUPS, not just postscript and PCL printers (we have drivers for those already). Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:04:14 +1030 From: Paul Smedley Subject: Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation Hi Ed, Ed Durrant wrote: > Paul Smedley wrote: >> Hi Ed, >> >> Ed Durrant wrote: >>> It was great to see in the latest Netlabs newsletter reference to a >>> new project eCUPS >>> >>> http://svn dot netlabs dot org/ecups >>> >>> Whose aim is to bring the Common Unix Printer Support (CUPS) to OS/2 >>> and eComStation ! >>> >>> Hoping that the CUPS configuration files that work under Unix or >>> Linux will work under the final OS2/eCS version, means that one MAJOR >>> problem for eComStation (finding printers that are able to be >>> attached to OS/2 or eComStation systems) may be addressed. Not all >>> printers have CUPS drivers but an aweful lot more have CUPS drivers >>> than have OS/2 drivers ! >>> >>> Great News !! >> >> I'm currently working on bring CUPS to OS/2 and eCS. >> >> Bart has written a port driver that will help integrate CUPS into eCS. >> >> Currently working: >> - printing of .txt, image files, and postscript files to a HP Laserjet >> printer with postscript, and connected via LAN (lpd server in the >> laserjet). >> >> - currently working on getting the other types of printers supported >> by CUPS working, starting with my HP laserjet in laserjet mode, and >> connected by lpd. >> >> - next will come getting USB printers to work (which is the more >> interesting part given that we already have good PS and laserjet >> support). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Paul. > >> >> > >> > The big question is - are "win-printers" supported by CUPS, not just > postscript and PCL printers (we have drivers for those already). Dunno about true 'winprinters' but check out www.linuxprinting dot org cups + gutenprint = vast majority of printers supported... Cheers, Paul. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:07:19 +0100 From: Kris Steenhaut Subject: Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation Ed Durrant ha scritto: > It was great to see in the latest Netlabs newsletter reference to a > new project eCUPS > > http://svn dot netlabs dot org/ecups > > Whose aim is to bring the Common Unix Printer Support (CUPS) to OS/2 > and eComStation ! > > Hoping that the CUPS configuration files that work under Unix or Linux > will work under the final OS2/eCS version, means that one MAJOR > problem for eComStation (finding printers that are able to be attached > to OS/2 or eComStation systems) may be addressed. Not all printers > have CUPS drivers but an aweful lot more have CUPS drivers than have > OS/2 drivers ! > > Great News !! > > Hope so. Although I wonder now what could have happened to the win32 printer project. -- Groeten uit Gent, Kris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:29:32 +1100 (AEDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: CUPS support coming for OS/2 and eComStation On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:04:14 +1030, Paul Smedley wrote: >Hi Ed, > >Ed Durrant wrote: >> Paul Smedley wrote: >>> Hi Ed, >>> >>> Ed Durrant wrote: >>>> It was great to see in the latest Netlabs newsletter reference to a >>>> new project eCUPS >>>> >>>> http://svn dot netlabs dot org/ecups >>>> >>>> Whose aim is to bring the Common Unix Printer Support (CUPS) to OS/2 >>>> and eComStation ! >>>> >>>> Hoping that the CUPS configuration files that work under Unix or >>>> Linux will work under the final OS2/eCS version, means that one MAJOR >>>> problem for eComStation (finding printers that are able to be >>>> attached to OS/2 or eComStation systems) may be addressed. Not all >>>> printers have CUPS drivers but an aweful lot more have CUPS drivers >>>> than have OS/2 drivers ! >>>> >>>> Great News !! >>> >>> I'm currently working on bring CUPS to OS/2 and eCS. >>> >>> Bart has written a port driver that will help integrate CUPS into eCS. >>> >>> Currently working: >>> - printing of .txt, image files, and postscript files to a HP Laserjet >>> printer with postscript, and connected via LAN (lpd server in the >>> laserjet). >>> >>> - currently working on getting the other types of printers supported >>> by CUPS working, starting with my HP laserjet in laserjet mode, and >>> connected by lpd. >>> >>> - next will come getting USB printers to work (which is the more >>> interesting part given that we already have good PS and laserjet >>> support). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Paul. >>> >>> >>> >> The big question is - are "win-printers" supported by CUPS, not just >> postscript and PCL printers (we have drivers for those already). > > >Dunno about true 'winprinters' but check out www.linuxprinting dot org > >cups + gutenprint = vast majority of printers supported... > Quite a fascinating site. Plenty of database entries to browse. The Kyocera FS-820 is listed as a 'mostly works' model. Could be too new to have been tested or used in the field that much. Nice to know that we're ahead of the Linux game this time Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------