hp-printer-app implements printing for a variety of common PCL printers
connected via network or USB. Features include:
- A single executable handles spooling, status, and server functionality.
- Multiple printer support.
- Each printer implements an IPP Everywhere™ print service and is compatible
with the driverless printing support in Android™, Chrome OS™, iOS®, Linux®,
macOS®, and Windows® 10/11 clients.
- Each printer can directly print “raw”, Apple/PWG Raster, and/or PNG files.
- Each printer automatically recovers from out-of-media, power loss, and
disconnected/bad cable issues.
Requirements
hp-printer-app depends on:
- A POSIX-compliant “make” program (both GNU and BSD make are known to work),
- A C99 compiler (both Clang and GCC are known to work),
- PAPPL 1.1 or later.
- CUPS 2.2 or later (for libcups).
Supported Printers
The following printers are currently supported:
- HP LaserJet printers with PCL 5 language support
- Most HP DeskJet, OfficeJet, and Photosmart printers
- Laser printers with PCL 5 support from Canon, IBM, Lexmark, Kyocera, Ricoh,
Xerox, etc.
Standards
Through PAPPL, hp-printer-app implements PWG 5100.14-2013: IPP Everywhere™
for each printer, and has a partial implementation of PWG 5100.22-2019: IPP
System Service v1.0 for managing the print queues and default printer.
Legal Stuff
The HP Printer Application is Copyright © 2019-2022 by Michael R Sweet.
This software is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0. See the files
“LICENSE” and “NOTICE” for more information.
hp-printer-app A Generic PCL Printer Application
