source: pst/printing/cups-filters.xml@ 750cb3d

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY cups-filters-download-http
  "https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/releases/download/&cups-filters-version;/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY cups-filters-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY cups-filters-md5sum        "1d9ac8b601ea5e25a42767856a48c4d7">
  <!ENTITY cups-filters-size          "437 KB">
  <!ENTITY cups-filters-buildsize     "9.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY cups-filters-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4)">
]>

<sect1 id="cups-filters" xreflabel="cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="cups-filters.html"?>


  <title>cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="cups-filters">
    <primary sortas="a-cups-filters">cups-filters</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to CUPS Filters</title>

    <para>
      The <application>CUPS Filters</application> package is only needed
      to adapt <xref linkend="libcupsfilters"/> and <xref linkend="libppd"/>
      filter functions for cups-2.x. It should not be needed for cups-3.x.
    </para>

    &lfs120_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cups-filters-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&cups-filters-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &cups-filters-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &cups-filters-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &cups-filters-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &cups-filters-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">CUPS Filters Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="libcupsfilters"/> and
      <xref linkend="libppd"/>
    </para>
<!--
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="avahi"/>
    </para>
-->
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of CUPS Filters</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>CUPS Filters</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr                   \
            --disable-static                \
            --disable-avahi                 \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version; &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a functional test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

    <para>
      <parameter>--disable-avahi</parameter>: This switch should be
      given even <application>Avahi</application> is installed. Thats
      a flaw in the configure script of <application>CUPS Filters</application>
      bailing out if <application>Avahi</application> is not installed
      but if it is, it doesn't get used anyhow.
    </para>

    <!--
    <para>
      <option>- -enable-ijs</option>: This switch will allow the pdftoijs
      filter, for sending PDFs to an HP InkJet Server, to be built.
    </para>
    -->

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          driverless, driverless-fax, and foomatic-rip
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/lib/cups/{backend,driver,filter},
          /usr/share/doc/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;, and
          /usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="driverless">
        <term><command>driverless</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a PPD generator utility for driverless printing
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="cups-filters driverless">
            <primary sortas="b-driverless">driverless</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="driverless-fax">
        <term><command>driverless-fax</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a wrapper to <command>driverless</command> for FAX type devices
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="cups-filters driverless-fax">
            <primary sortas="b-driverless-fax">driverless-fax</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="foomatic-rip">
        <term><command>foomatic-rip</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a universal print filter/RIP wrapper which can be used as CUPS
            filter or stand-alone for spooler-less, direct printing
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="cups-filters foomatic-rip">
            <primary sortas="b-foomatic-rip">foomatic-rip</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <!--
      <varlistentry id="libcupsfilters">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcupsfilters.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains <application>CUPS Filters</application> API functions
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="cups-filters libcupsfilters">
            <primary sortas="c-libcupsfilters">libcupsfilters.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      -->
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>