TheMMcOfficial / lede-cups

This repository is no longer maintained original repo https://github.com/Gr4ffy/lede-cups.git

How to install Cups on OpenWrt/LEDE

https://github.com/TheMMcOfficial/cups-for-openwrt

How to compile the Packages

git clone https://github.com/lede-project/source

cd source

echo "src-git cups https://github.com/TheMMcOfficial/lede-cups.git" >> feeds.conf.default

./scripts/feeds update -a

./scripts/feeds install -a

make menuconfig (set Network->Printing->cups as "M")

make

copy /source/bin/packages/[PLATFORM]/cups/*.ipk to machine & opkg install 

In any case:

If you just want to attach your printer and use it from another PC using CUPS is most likely a bad idea

Included packages

• libcups
  • The cups core libraries required to run cups or any drivers
• libcupsimage
  • Library to allow CUPS to work with rasterized data
• cups
  • The common unix printing system (cups) daemon itself
• cups-bsd
  • Some BSD-type utilities (lprm,lpq,lpr,lpc)
• cups-client
  • Advanced client utilities (lp,cancel,cupstestppd,ipptool,lpoptions,lpstat,cupsaccept,cupsfilter,lpadmin,lpinfo,lpmove)
• cups-filters-lite
  • Some basic printer filters (commandtops,gziptoany,pstops,rastertoepson,rastertohp,rastertolabel,rastertopwg)
• cups-ppdc Compiler for PPDC files (deprecated)
• cups-bjnp
  • Filter for Canon printers using canon printers using USB over IP BJNP
• cups-dymo
  • Official drivers for Dymo label printers
• cups-opfilter
  • Filters to convert JPEG, PNG or TIFF images to raster data suitable for some printers

Sources/Credits

• Original: https://github.com/Gr4ffy/lede-cups
• Via: https://github.com/lllrrr/lede-cups

Version of cups

2.3.0