[Desktop_printing] Re: [Printing-architecture] Re: Building PAPI
implementation
Norm Jacobs
Norm.Jacobs at Sun.COM
Thu May 18 12:02:44 PDT 2006
The SourceForge openprinting project PAPI implementation actually
contains multiple implementations of the PAPI, but the one that
you link with and interact with directly uses a "printer-uri-supported"
value in your name service/configuration data to contact the print
service for a particular print queue. If there isn't a
printer-uri-supported
in the configuration data, it doesn't know how to contact the print service
and will only return the name service/configuration data from a query. This
data is retrieved on Solaris using the name service switch and can be
stored in ${HOME}/.printers, /etc/printers.conf, NIS priners.conf.byname,
NIS+ printers.org_dir, and/or LDAP. On other platforms, the NSS support
is emulated and can be stored in /etc/printers.conf, /etc/printcap , and
NIS printers.conf.byname.
If you add a
"printer-uri-supported=ipp\://majax.mandrakesoft.com/printers/HPPSmart2600"
to the /etc/printers.conf or /etc/printcap entry for your printer, It's
likely
that you will see the results that you are looking for.
The PAPI implementation should probably be modified to use the "rm" and "rp"
information in abscense of a "printer-uri-supported" value. This would be
similiar to what is being done for "bsdaddr"
(see papi/source/libpapi-dynamic/nss.c:fill_printer_uri_supported)
Additionally, the cupsd code that generates /etc/printcap and
/etc/printers.conf
entries (cups/scheduler/printers.c:cupsWritePrintcap()) could be enhanced to
include the printer-uri-supported key/value data in it's output.
Finally, if you only plan on targeting a particular print service, you can
probably get away with removing libpapi.so and replacing it with a symlink
to psm-{svc}.so.
-Norm
PS
There are descriptions of the various bits in subversion under
papi/docs/README.*.
This is a short description of the PAPI implementations in the PAPI
code base.
I'll oversimplify this a little, but the PAPI implementation on SourceForge
contains multiple implementations of the PAPI (all exporting the PAPI
interface).
source/libpapi-dynamic (builds and installs as libpapi.so)
This implements something roughly analogous to the name service
switch. It is effectively interposed between the applications
and the "real" PAPI print service support. It resolves queue
names using a nameservice (/etc/printers.conf, /etc/printcap,
NIS printers.conf.byname). On Solaris this also includes
$HOME/.printers, NIS+ printers.org_dir, and LDAP. It uses the
"printer-uri-supported" information from these nameservices to
load backend PAPI print service support and contact the
real print service for the requested operation. The printer
query operations (papiPrintersList and papiPrintersQuery) support
in this library is "special" (and I don't necessarily mean that in
a good way), It may not contact the actual print service if the
name service contained the requested data.
source/libpapi-lpd (builds and installs as psm-lpd.so and lpd-port)
This implements support for contacting RFC-1179 based print
services.
Because of the limitted nature and wide variety of RFC-1179 support,
the PAPI support is very limitted. The following printer/job
operations do something useful:
papiPrinterQuery, papiPrinterPurgeJobs, papiPrinterListJobs,
papiJobSubmit, papiJobSubmitByReference,
papiJobStreamOpen/Write/Close,
papiJobQuery, papiJobCancel
Because RFC-1179 returns very little information, the query
functions return a very basic skeleton of information. They
could be made to provide information from an associated PPD file,
but there are other areas where the time might be better spent.
lpd-port provides a means of isolating parts of rfc-1179 support
that require elevated privilege from that application.
libpapi-ipp (builds and installs as psm-ipp.so)
This implements support for contacting IPP based print services. IPP
provides a a framework and rich set of operations and attributes for
printing. As a result, the PAPI support on top of IPP is complete.
It makes use of standard IPP operations and attributes for the vast
majority of the implementation with CUPS extensions being used where
there was no standard means.
Till Kamppeter wrote:
> I have probably found bugs in the PAPI library:
>
> I have CUPS 1.2.0 installed and the PAPI library. I have several local
> CUPS queues, one for an HP PhotoSmart 2600 using the HPIJS driver. With
> this driver I have the PPD options "PageSize", "PrintoutMode",
> "Quality", "InputSlot", and "Duplex". See
>
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/ppd-o-matic.cgi?driver=hpijs&printer=HP-PhotoSmart_2600&show=1
>
> for the PPD file. I can print on this printer using the PAPI "lpr "
> command and the printer is correctly shown with the PAPI "lpstat -p" and
> "lpstat -v".
>
> Now I run
>
> printer-query -d HPPSmart2600
>
> from the sample programs. According to its source code it is supposed to
> show all attributes of the printer when the command is called without
> the "-o" option (otherwise it wouls show only the specified attribute).
>
> What I get is
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [root at majax c]# printer-query -d HPPSmart2600
> HPPSmart2600 at (default):
> printer-name=HPPSmart2600,HP Photosmart 2600
> rm=majax.mandrakesoft.com
> rp=HPPSmart2600
> [root at majax c]#
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> There came out only three attributes, "printer-name", "rp", and "rm".
> What I expect is (according to section 9 of the specs) attributes for
> each PPD option, and also some more attributes, like whether I have a
> color printer, which operations are supported and whatever the specs
> tell about required printer attributes.
>
> And if I take the name of one of the required attributes, as for example
> "operations-supported", I get the very same output as without supplying
> an attribute name:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [root at majax c]# printer-query -d HPPSmart2600 -ooperations-supported
> HPPSmart2600 at (default):
> printer-name=HPPSmart2600,HP Photosmart 2600
> rm=majax.mandrakesoft.com
> rp=HPPSmart2600
> [root at majax c]#
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> It seems that the query function
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> status = papiPrinterQuery(svc, destination, requested, NULL, &printer);
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> is not taking care of what is in "requested". Without "-o" option
> "requested" should be NULL and therefore all attributes should be
> returned in "printer", if "-o" is used "requested" should contain the
> argument of "-o" and therefore only this attribute should be shown (of
> an error if the attribute does not exist). See section 6 of the specs.
>
> The query (and the use) of the capabilities )section 9) of a CUPS queue
> (independent whether it is local or remote) is essential (all Linux
> systems use CUPS by default), as the user expects to be able to control
> duplex, finisher, quality, paper size, ... and so an ISV should be able
> to get these options into the printing dialog. If this is not possible,
> the current PAPI is not fully usable and cannot be suggested as a
> standard, as an ISV has to interface to CUPS (or to KDE) on Linux
> machines and to the OS-manufacturer-specific printing system on Sun
> machines (and so make two dialogs, which we want to avoid with proposing
> PAPI as a standard).
>
> Till
>
> Till Kamppeter wrote:
>
>> Now I got it working with CUPS by changing the default print service at
>> compile time. The problem was the quoting. The current code
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> #ifndef DEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE
>> #define DEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE "lpsched"
>> #endif
>>
>> ...
>>
>> char *scheme = DEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE;
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> requires from the user to supply also the quotes. So in the spec file I
>> had to do
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DDEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE=\\\"ipp\\\""
>> %configure --without-apache
>> %make
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Note the quoted quotes in the first line. This I did not do in the first
>> place and therefore it broke.
>>
>> But please still supply the documentation to configure PAPI at run time.
>> Also a possibility to define the compile time default by the configure
>> script, both by spooler auto discovery and also by command line option
>> would be great.
>>
>> Note also that on the linker call(s) for the Ruby bindings the
>>
>> -L$RPM_BUILD_DIR/papi/source/libpapi-dynamic/.libs
>>
>> is missing. So I had to put
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$RPM_BUILD_DIR/papi/source/libpapi-dynamic/.libs"
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> before the "%configure" in the spec file.
>>
>> Till
>>
>>
>>
>> Till Kamppeter wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Now I got it RPMized so that it can be installed on a machine with
>>> already installed CUPS. No I tried to make it actually working with the
>>> installed CUPS. I found out by running an "lpr" command through strace
>>> that it tries to load the non-existing "lpsched" service
>>> (/usr/lib/psm-lpsched.so) and I have seen in the source code that
>>> "lpsched" is used a s the default service (should not be as "lpsched"
>>> does not ship with the package.
>>>
>>> So I compile with
>>>
>>> export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DDEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE=ipp"
>>> ./configure --without-apache --without-ruby
>>> make
>>>
>>> to make it using "ipp" as default service (can one configure/switch the
>>> service at run time? There are no files in /etc/... and no documentation
>>> about such files, man pages are only in section 1 and 8, nothing in
>>> section 5).
>>>
>>> But with this setting it does not build:
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> [...]
>>> Making all in libpapi-dynamic
>>> make[2]: Entering directory
>>> `/home/tkamppeter/rpm/BUILD/papi/source/libpapi-dynamic'
>>> if /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile
>>> i586-mandriva-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.
>>> -I../../source/libpapi-common -I. -DPSM_DIR=\"/usr/lib\"
>>> -I../libpapi-common -I./nss -DNSS_EMULATION -I/usr/include/apr-1
>>> -DDEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE=ipp -MT psm.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/psm.Tpo" -c -o
>>> psm.lo psm.c; \
>>> then mv -f ".deps/psm.Tpo" ".deps/psm.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/psm.Tpo";
>>> exit 1; fi
>>> mkdir .libs
>>> i586-mandriva-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.
>>> -I../../source/libpapi-common -I. -DPSM_DIR=\"/usr/lib\"
>>> -I../libpapi-common -I./nss -DNSS_EMULATION -I/usr/include/apr-1
>>> -DDEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE=ipp -MT psm.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/psm.Tpo -c
>>> psm.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/psm.o
>>> if /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile
>>> i586-mandriva-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.
>>> -I../../source/libpapi-common -I. -DPSM_DIR=\"/usr/lib\"
>>> -I../libpapi-common -I./nss -DNSS_EMULATION -I/usr/include/apr-1
>>> -DDEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE=ipp -MT service.lo -MD -MP -MF
>>> ".deps/service.Tpo" -c -o service.lo service.c; \
>>> then mv -f ".deps/service.Tpo" ".deps/service.Plo"; else rm -f
>>> ".deps/service.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
>>> i586-mandriva-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.
>>> -I../../source/libpapi-common -I. -DPSM_DIR=\"/usr/lib\"
>>> -I../libpapi-common -I./nss -DNSS_EMULATION -I/usr/include/apr-1
>>> -DDEFAULT_PRINT_SERVICE=ipp -MT service.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/service.Tpo
>>> -c service.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/service.o
>>> service.c: In function 'service_load':
>>> service.c:60: error: 'ipp' undeclared (first use in this function)
>>> service.c:60: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
>>> service.c:60: error: for each function it appears in.)
>>> ICECREAM[19319]: Compiled on 192.168.2.67
>>> make[2]: *** [service.lo] Error 1
>>> make[2]: Leaving directory
>>> `/home/tkamppeter/rpm/BUILD/papi/source/libpapi-dynamic'
>>> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tkamppeter/rpm/BUILD/papi/source'
>>> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Can you tell me how to get it correctly talking with CUPS? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Till
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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