CUPS Software Programmers Manual

CUPS-SPM-1.1.3
Easy Software Products
Copyright 1997-2000, All Rights Reserved

Table of Contents

• System Overview
• Document Overview
• Notation Conventions
• Abbreviations
• Other References

• The Printing Problem
• The Technology
• Jobs
• Classes
• Filters
• Backends
• Printer Drivers
• Networking

• The CUPS API Library
• Detecting the CUPS API Library in GNU Autoconf
• Printing Services
• Include Files
• Printing a File
• Printing Multiple Files
• Cancelling Jobs
• Getting the Available Printers and Classes
• Printing with Options
• Setting Printer Options
• Getting Errors
• Passwords and Authentication
• PPD Services
• Include Files
• Getting a PPD File for a Printer
• Loading a PPD File
• Freeing PPD File Information
• The PPD File Structure
• Marking Options
• Checking for Conflicts

• Overview
• Security Considerations
• Users and Groups
• Temporary Files
• Sending Messages to the User
• Page Accounting
• Command-Line Arguments
• Copy Generation
• Environment Variables
• Dissecting the HP-GL/2 Filter
• Initializing the Filter
• PostScript Output

• Overview
• CUPS Raster Data
• Page Accounting
• Color Management
• Device and Bitmap Variables
• Dissecting the HP-PCL Driver