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Title: Usb Printing In Cacko?
Post by: alee16 on June 22, 2006, 12:00:36 pm

Would it be possible to print to a USB printer with Cacko?  Mainly I am just looking to print documents with a printer that already works in linux on my PC, I was wondering possibly with pdaxqtrom maybe (openoffice or abiword)?

Also, I don't understand this thing about cross-compiling.  Is it something you can do for Cacko?  Like for instance, to install cups.  Do I do it on my pda or on my PC?  Which kind of programs work to do this with?

Title: Usb Printing In Cacko?
Post by: agoodm on June 25, 2006, 08:10:09 pm

You would have to somehow get CUPS working.

Possible? probably!  Easy? Probably not!

If you get it working make sure to let us know here!

Title: Usb Printing In Cacko?
Post by: alee16 on June 26, 2006, 08:25:15 am

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You would have to somehow get CUPS working.

Possible? probably!  Easy? Probably not!

If you get it working make sure to let us know here!
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Before I take a lot of time trying, I wonder if maslovsky could let me know if usb print support is even compiled into the kernel.  Because if it isn't, even cups can't help.  Also, how do you "cross-compile" or whatever you call it, to get programs designed for the computer to work on the Zaurus (Cacko specifically).

Title: Usb Printing In Cacko?
Post by: iamasmith on June 26, 2006, 11:47:44 am

I don't think that any of the Qtopia apps have print support anyway.

If you did manage to compile and install CUPS printing to a USB printer then you would probably have to use X/QT and desktop type X applications like AbiWord to be able to print.

-Andy

Title: Usb Printing In Cacko?
Post by: alee16 on June 26, 2006, 12:03:37 pm

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I don't think that any of the Qtopia apps have print support anyway.

If you did manage to compile and install CUPS printing to a USB printer then you would probably have to use X/QT and desktop type X applications like AbiWord to be able to print.

-Andy
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Yes, I was planning on using Abiword in X/QT.  It will probably be easiest to use Meanie's zgcc compiler to get the packages I need as well.  If it works well in X/QT, and they get a way to run QT apps in pdaXrom (someone is working on it), I may switch to pdaXrom.