A preview of CUPS 1.2.6 (www.cups.org) + ESP Ghostscript 8.15.3 (​http://www.cups.org/espgs/) + Gutenprint 5.0.0 (​http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/) is now available at ​http://download.smedley.info/cups-1.2.6-os2-a1.zip

Some notes on the release follow: Built using Innotek GCC v3.3.5 CSD1 version and requires the runtime dll from ​ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip

Known issues:

• adding printer using the web interface doesn't work - it hangs trying

to detect the attached printers. Adding a printer from the command line using lpadmin does however work.

• currently tested printer backends are ipp & lpd - usb isn't working.

However, in the meantime, you can create a printer object for the USB printer, and run the OS/2 lpd daemon and print to a usb printer using the lpd backend in cups.

• cups and associated programs are hardcoded to be in \gs, \gutenprint & \cups
• to reduce the size of the archive, only en_GB language Gutenprint ppd files are included

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What to test: Start the daemon (ie \cups\sbin\cupsd.exe - no command line parameters required) Make sure libcups.dll is available in the libpath Add a printer using the syntax: eg 1) \cups\sbin\lpadmin -p laserjet4mps -E -v lpd://192.168.1.253 (Postscript printer called lsaerjet4mps, on LPD server at 192.168.1.253 eg 2) \cups\sbin\lpadmin -p EpsonC87 -E -v lpd://192.168.1.2/EPOMNI5C -m gutenprint/5.0/en_gb/stp-escp2-c86.5.0.ppd.gz (Raster printer called EpsonC87 on lpd server 192.168.1.2, queue name EPOMNI5C, postscript ppd to use located in /cups/share/cups/model/gutenprint/5.0/en_GB/stp-escp2-c86.5.0.ppd.gz

Verify printer has been added by loading the web interface in a browser with ​http://localhost:631 - look at the Printers button to see the printer and set any options (ie paper size, etc).

Try and print an image using \cups\bin\lpr -P <printername> filename.jpg -o fitplot

Try and print the cups test page using \cups\bin\lpr -P <printername> \cups\share\cups\data\testprint.ps

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General feedback can be provided to paul@…, bug reports should go to ​http://mantis.smedley.info

Many thanks to Bart van Leeuwen and Adrain Gschwend for providing encouragement for this project (ie nagging me on IRC!)

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