GSoC 2014 Friday Report #2

Todo For This Week

  • Ask till how printer auto-discovery will work
  • Open usb connection to printer
  • Setup udev for auto-connection

Completed This Week

  • Till suggested looking at udev-config-printer whch already handles usb printer queueing
  • Emailed Tim Waugh, Red Hat’s printerguy who maintains the package which has udev-config-printer, about how best to integrate

Todo Next Week

  • Complete integrating my work on the new pwg.org before the next face-2-face meeting
  • Hack udev-config-printer to startup ippusbd
  • Decide if ippusbd should be a separate package or part of cups-filters as Till suggested
  • Switch to automake if ippusbd is to be part of cups-filters

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