> Date:    Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:45:20 -0700
> From:    "Keven Miller (3kG)" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [EXT]:  Spooling to a CUPS print server
>
> Not me - but I have worked with Cups on Hpux and Linux.
>
> I have some code someplace for Windows, where you point your HP3k
> to a windows server that runs this "RawPrintServer" and routes your
> spoolfile to a Windows connected priinter.
>
> I see its originally by
>     RawPrintServer Copyright (c) 2006, Henk Jonas and Alexander R Pruss
>     All rights reserved.
>
> For Linux / Unix / OS X, the software is the tiny RawPrintServer.sh script.
> Its short -
> =========================================
> #!/bin/sh
> while [ 1 ]
> do
>     nc -l -p 9100 | lpr -l -P "$1"
> done
>
> ========================================
> Basically its using netcat (I think -- nc) to listen on port 9100
> and route to a Linux priniter.
> So - you could route to a Cups defined printer.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Keven Miller


Thank you very much.  I had not even considered that approach.  I will run some
tests to see if I can get it to work for me.

Thanks,



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