AcuLaser C900 CUPS backend 0.9

Developer: Ullrich Sigwanz
Price: FREE
License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
File size: 0.097 MB
OS: printing

AcuLaser C900 CUPS Backend Description

This project is about a CUPS wrapper for the EPSON AcuLaser C900 togther with the “pipsplus printing” system.

The backend tries support all i386 Linux systems like SuSE, Mandrake, Fedora Core but also Debian and other non-RPM distributions.

There are positive feedbacks for

• SuSE
• Mandrake
• Slackware
• Red Hat
• Fedora Core
• Debian, Ubuntu
• Gentoo

The included installer will

• Check for missing packages
• download and install the mandatory epkowa packages automatically
• account for the different Ditros (BSD – System V – Gentoo) and configure the run-levels accordingly
• give suggestions for appropriate URI’s for the printer installation
• call the distribution specific CUPS tools (YaST2, printerdrake, kprinter,
• gnome-cups-config)

Here are some key features of “AcuLaser C900 CUPS backend”:

• Bundling of pages (large documents sometimes “hung”)
• generic multiple local printer support
• URI handling for proper interface (usblp) allocation
• installation of XML files for plain foomatic support
• better hotplugging behavior
• networking (IPP, SMB) support through a local pseudo-interface

What’s New in This Release:

• Added a feature to define a bundle size and pause between bundles of pages to prevent long printouts from hanging
• A URI handling algorithm was build in, to identify usblp printers reliably
• A specific proprietary alc900-backend is included
• the multiprinter feature is now an intrinsic feature of version 0.9
• debugging improved