PPR: PPR as an import filter for CUPS

[Rich Mellor]

Hi,

I came across an old (2009) mailling list where someone had asked 
whether the filter_dotmatrix could be ported to be used with CUPS.

I wondered whether any work had ever been done on this, as I am looking 
into the possibility of creating a small printer box, based around the 
Raspberry Pi, which would capture ESC/P data from a centronics port, and 
then convert it and print it out on a modern printer.

I know PPR already has the ability to convert ESC/P (2) data to 
Postscript format.

The main problem is probably that the filter needs to output as UTF-8 
for CUPS.

The other option might be to do away with CUPS and use PPR v2.0 or am I 
missing something?

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Rich Mellor
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