[Desktop_printing] Trying out sample implementation of japanese OpenPrinting efforts

[TORATANI Yasumasa]

Hi,

We really appreciate your trying out and make the patch for the impletemtation
code to adapt to the latest CUPS 1.2 and GCC, etc.

On Sat, 13 May 2006 23:24:58 +0200
Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter at gmx.net> wrote:

> Oi,
> 
> I have tried to compile and install the japanese OpenPrinting package from
> 
> http://lx1.avasys.jp/OpenPrintingProject/index_e.html
> 
> File:
> 
> http://lx1.avasys.jp/OpenPrintingProject/openprinting-jp-0.1.3.tar.gz
> 
> My box is a Mandriva 2006 with CUPS updated to 1.2.0 (backported
> Mandriva Cooker RPM) ESP GhostScript updated to 8.15.2 (also backported
> Mandriva Cooker RPM) and gcc 4.0.1 (standard in Mandriva 2006).
> 
> To make it working I had to do some modifications, I have put them
> together in the attached patch. This is to adapt the code to CUPS 1.2
> and gcc 4.0.1.
> 
> Normally code written to compile with CUPS 1.1.x should also work with
> CUPS 1.2.x, but this is only the case if the code uses the CUPS 1.1.x
> API correctly, which was not always the case here. The patched code
> should work with both CUPS 1.1.x and 1.2.x.
> 
> Then I had to re-run the autotools and after that all compiled nicely. I
> did not compile the OPVP glue code, as the package contains only the
> code for old GhostScript versions and I have ESP GhostScript 8.15.2
> which contains already the newest OPVP glue code.
> 
> I have run the following commands:
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> tar -xvzf openprinting-jp-0.1.3.tar.gz
> cd openprinting-jp-0.1.3
> patch -p1 < ../openprinting-jp-0.1.3-gcc4-cups1.2.patch
> libtoolize --force
> gettextize -f
> aclocal -I m4
> automake
> autoconf
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
> make
> make DESTDIR=`pwd`/tmp install
> su -c 'make install'
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Can someone of the japanese people who have the actual printers test
> whether the patched code works?

Sure, We are ready to do the testing.
I'll ask Mihara-san from FUJI XEROX Printing Systems and Kitayama-san
from EPSON Avasys to test their printers, and I'll also test our printer.

> Is there already some more up-to-date code somewhere?

You can see the latest infomation of Japan side implementation activity.
http://opfc.sourceforge.jp/index.html.en

And the latest code are stored at;
http://cvs.sourceforge.jp/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/opfc/
The code in the CVS are divided into several modules.

> Is there also vector driver code for monochrome HP LaserJets (either
> PCL5+HPGL2 or PCL6) to test? I would like to see the printing speed of
> these devices with a vector driver.

Okay, I'll ask on the mailing list of Japan side.

> What is the european equivalent of the Espon PX V700?

I'll also ask on the mailing list.

> Is there anything Canon-specific in the "pstocanonopvp" CUPS GhostScript
> wrapper filter? Or can it be used as a generic wrapper to use the
> OpenPrinting vector interface?

This code was not written by Canon people, so, I'm not sure it's depends
on Canon specific, I'll check it soon.

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TORATANI Yasumasa
Software Engineering Dept.22
Platform Technology Development Headquarters, CANON INC.