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1: == Where are the Bits?
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3:  The Solaris print system source code is is comprised of components from various sources. At the core of the print system is a Unix System V (r4) based spooler. Along with the spooler are client applications to make requests of and manage the spooler, filters to perform document translation, back-end processing software to perform final document transformation and device (printer) communication. To obtain a complete set of functionality, all sources are required.
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5: ===  Where to find the packages.
6: 
7:  The OpenSolaris code base can be found at [[http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/]]
8:  and contains the following Solaris Printing components:
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10: > |Solaris LP code
11: [[usr/src/cmd/lp>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/]]
12: |Original Solaris LP code base.  Contains spooler, postscript filters, terminfo files, PAPI interface code, and more
13: |Solaris PostScript filters
14: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/postscript>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/filter/]]
15: |Base postscript filters
16: |Solaris LP spooler
17: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/cmd/lpsched>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/cmd/lpsched]]
18: |Base Solaris LP spooler
19: |PAPI Solaris LP interface code
20: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/lib/papi>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/lib/papi]]
21: |Support for applications using the [[PAPI>>Community Group printing.topics]] to interact with the Solaris LP spooler
22: |Legacy RFC-1179 to lpsched translator
23: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/cmd/bsd-adaptor>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/cmd/bsd-adaptor/]]
24: |Support for translating legacy protocol listener requests to lpsched messages.
25: |Legacy backend processing scripts
26: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/model/[net]standard>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/model/]]
27: |standard/netstandard interface scripts use for several years to perform final job processing and send job data to local and network attached printers
28: |Modified backend processing scripts
29: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/model/*_foomatic>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/model/]]
30: |modified versions of the *standard interface scripts that use foomatic for final job data transformation to a printer ready format.
31: |New backend processing script
32: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/model/uri>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/model/uri]]
33: |New backend processing script that optionally uses foomatic for final job data transformation to a printer ready format and uses helper modules (like smbspool) to send job data to a local or network attached printer.
34: |Local Printer I/O handler
35: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/model/lp.cat.c>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/model/lp.cat.c]]
36: |incredibly simplistic local printer I/O handler
37: |Local PostScript Printer I/O handler
38: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/filter/postscript/postio>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/filter/postscript/postio/]]
39: |more sophisticated local printer I/O handler
40: |Network Printer I/O handler
41: [[usr/src/cmd/lp/model/netpr>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/model/netpr/]]
42: |network printer I/O handler for printers that support raw sockets or "lpd" protocol
43: |Solaris Client code
44: [[usr/src/cmd/print>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/print/]]
45: |Client comands (lp/lpr/lpstat/lpq/cancel/lprm/...), in.lpd rfc-1179 protocol listener, print manager, and more.  The client commands will be replaced with PAPI based implementations in short order.
46: |Legacy RFC-1179 listener
47: [[usr/src/cmd/print/gateway>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/print/gateway/]]
48: |Legacy RFC-1179 protocol listening service that will ultimately be replaced with a PAPI based version.
49: |Solaris PrintMgr code
50: [[usr/src/cmd/print/printmgr>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/print/printmgr]]
51: |JAVA based configuration management GUI that eases queue creation/modification.
52: |Printer probe
53: [[usr/src/cmd/print/printer-info>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/print/printer-info/]]
54: |A program to probe USB and ECPP connected printers for Make/Model information used by the printmgr.
55: |Various scripts
56: [[usr/src/cmd/print/scripts>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/print/scripts/]]
57: |Various scripts including retreival of information from the PPD cache file used by the printmgr.
58: |Solaris common client library
59: [[usr/src/lib/print>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/lib/print/]]
60: |Common code for client commands and client side management commands.  As PAPI based client commands integrate, much of this code will dissappear.
61: |Name Service Switch support
62: [[usr/src/lib/nsswitch/*/common/getprinter.c>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/lib/nsswitch/]]
63: |Name Service Switch support for client commands to get configuration data from a variety of sources including network repositories
64: 
65:  The Free Standard Group OpenPrinting API (PAPI) code base can be found at
66: [[http://cvs.sf.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting]] and contains the following components:
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68: > |PAPI Shared routines
69: [[papi/source/libpapi-common/>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/libpapi-common/]]
70: |Common routines used by most, if not all, of the PAPI support.  This includes an implementation of the attributes interface and several helper functions
71: |PAPI Dynamic library
72: [[papi/source/libpapi-dynamic/>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/libpapi-dynamic/]]
73: |PAPI library that provides names service lookup support and redirection to alternate PAPI implementations.
74: |PAPI RFC-1179/LPD support
75: [[papi/source/libpapi-lpd/>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/libpapi-lpd/]]
76: |PAPI support for interacting with RFC-1179/LPD protocol servers.
77: |PAPI CUPS support
78: [[papi/source/libpapi-cups/>>http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd/lp/lib/papi/source/libpapi-cups/]]
79: |PAPI support for interacting with CUPS spooler using libcups interfaces.
80: |PAPI IPP support
81: [[papi/source/libpapi-ipp/>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/libpapi-ipp/]]
82: |PAPI support for interacting with IPP based protocol servers.  This includes servers like Solaris LP, CUPS, WinXP, and more.
83: |Core IPP protocol library
84: [[papi/source/libipp-core/>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/libipp-core]]
85: |IPP encoding/decoding and on the wire support
86: |IPP listening service operations library
87: [[papi/source/libipp-listener/>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/libipp-listener/]]
88: |Server side IPP operations support
89: |Apache IPP listener module
90: [[papi/source/mod_ipp>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/mod_ipp/]]
91: |Apache glue module for passing IPP requests to the IPP listener library and ultimately the print service.  (supports both Apache 1.X and 2.X)
92: |BSD & SYSV commands
93: [[papi/source/bsd-sysv-commands>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/]]
94: |Replacement implementations of common BSD & SYSV print commands using the PAPI for print service interaction.
95:  (lpr/lpq/lprm/lpc)
96:  (lp/lpstat/cancel/accept/reject/enable/disable)
97: |Example code using the PAPI
98: [[papi/source/examples/>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/source/]]
99: |Sample code that shows how to use the PAPI
100: |PAPI specification and documentation
101: [[papi/docs>>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/openprinting/papi/docs]]
102: |PAPI specification and documentation about code in the source base.
103: 
104:  The balance of the components can be found in various Open Source repositories throughout the internet.
105: 
106: > |GhostScript
107: [[http://www.cups.org/espgs/index.php>>http://www.cups.org/espgs/index.php]]
108: |ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1 converts PostScript job data to a variety of printer ready formats.
109: |a2ps
110: [[http://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/>>http://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/]]
111: |a2ps 4.13 converts from various formats to PostScript
112: |gimp-print (aka gutenprint)
113: [[http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/>>http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/]]
114: [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/gutenprint/>>http://sourceforge.net/projects/gutenprint/]]
115: |gimp-print 4.2.6 support for a variety of different printers used with GhostScript
116: |HPIJS
117: [[http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/>>http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/]]
118: |hpijs 1.6 support for HP printers used with GhostScript
119: |psutils
120: [[http://freshmeat.net/projects/psutils/>>http://freshmeat.net/projects/psutils/]]
121: [[>>http://linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html]]|psutils p17 support for handling reasonably behaved PostScript files.
122: |ImageMagick [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/imagemagick/>>http://sourceforge.net/projects/imagemagick/]]
123: [[>>http://linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html]]|ImageMagick 5.4.7 support for image format conversion
124: |Foomatic
125: [[http://linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html>>http://linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html]]
126: [[>>http://linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html]]|Foomatic 3.0.2 is the document format converter from hell that makes use of all of these components, as well as annotated PPD files, to convert print job data to a printer ready format and folds in capability information on the way out to the printer.
127: |Foomatic ppd [[http://linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html>>http://linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html]]|Foomatic annotated PPD files with instructions on how to convert to a printer ready format and fold in printer capability information.
128:  from  2004-03-04
129: |SAMBA
130: [[http://samba.org/>>http://samba.org/]]
131: |Samba 3.0.4 provides support for Windows clients to access printers on a Solaris host and Solaris a means of sending print job data to printers  connected to Windows hosts using native windows protocols.
132: |GNOME (libgnomeprint)
133: [[http://cvs.gnome.org/.../libgnomeprint/.../PAPI/>>http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/libgnomeprint/libgnomeprint/modules/papi/]]
134: |GNOME Application support to print via the PAPI.
135: |Apache
136: [[http://www.apache.org/>>http://www.apache.org/]]
137: |Apache Web server used for IPP support
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