[gs-devel] Re: ghostscript vector devices

[Till Kamppeter]

Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> 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 

Specifications are here:

ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/fsg/vector/

Follow also the links under "Implementation(s)" on

https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/APAC

See also the slides of the talks on the OpenPrinting events:

https://www.linux-foundation.org/images/3/3e/LFSummit-2007-OPWGJapanActivities-OPVP-Final.pdf
https://www.linux-foundation.org/images/6/65/MontrealSummit-2007-Canon_Printer_Drivers_for_Linux_070926-2.pdf
https://www.linux-foundation.org/images/e/e7/LFSummit-2007-OPWGJapanActivities-Final.pdf
https://www.linux-foundation.org/images/1/1e/2007-06-15-Canon_Printer_Drivers_for_Linux_070530-1.pdf
https://www.linux-foundation.org/images/c/cd/SEIKO_EPSON_Linux_Support.pdf

    Till