[gs-devel] Re: ghostscript vector devices

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 13:19 +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> 
> So the best would be an OpenPrinting Vector driver. OpenPrinting Vector 
> is an interface for modular plug-in drivers which can be vector-based 
> (not only raster-based as CUPS Raster and IJS). The driver is then 
> dlopened by Ghostscript or Ghostscript connects via RPC (the driver 
> developer can choose the communication method).
> 
> Other alternative can be that Ghostscript dlopens libcairo or the 
> gdevcairo device is modularized like the X drivers, but in these cases 
> you have to always keep your driver code up-to-date with Ghostscript.

Thanks Till for the explanation.  Where can I find more info /
documentation about developing OpenPrinting Vector drivers?


>     Till 
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