Re: [Gimp-print-devel] The future of Gutenprint (warning: long and opinionated)

[Zdenek D. <zd...@re...>]

Hi Roy,

On 3/18/25 02:04, Roy Harrington wrote:
> What seems like a good feature would be a relatively simple way to 
> just open a printer-name and have
> a simple connection to send a byte stream to the printer. Basically 
> like the old " | lpr -o raw -P printer"
> Seems like this is the print application idea but without needing all 
> the IPP knowledge and code.
> Is there an IPP equivalent? Would it be possible to easily do this?

AFAIK current PAPPL supports raw socket functionality, which does the 
same as raw queue - just sends data to the printer.


Zdenek

>
> Thanks
> Roy Harrington
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>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM Michael Sweet via Gimp-print-devel 
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>
>     Believe me, I understand your feelings entirely! :)
>
>     WRT the separate printer applications, I'm available as a resource
>     whether you just have questions about PAPPL or need changes made
>     to it.  I might even have some time to contribute some code...
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