This page is about the Python bindings for the CUPS API, known as pycups. It was written for use with system-config-printer, but can be put to other uses as well.
Download tarball releases from the Python Package Index:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycups
or older releases from:
http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/pycups/
The git repository is available at GitHub.
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can someone help me out?
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-931628.html
I can not figure out how to fix it.
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building ‘cups’ extension
creating build
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -march=core2 -mtune=generic -Os -pipe -msse3 -msse4 -mcx16 -msahf -mpopcnt -DVERSION=”1.9.61″ -fPIC -DVERSION=”1.9.61″ -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c cupsmodule.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cupsmodule.o
cupsmodule.c: In function ‘cups_ppdSetConformance’:
cupsmodule.c:413:3: warning: ‘ppdSetConformance’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/cups/ppd.h:414) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
cupsmodule.c: In function ‘initcups’:
cupsmodule.c:853:3: error: ‘CUPS_SERVER_REMOTE_PRINTERS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:853:3: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
error: command ‘x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc’ failed with exit status 1
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Which version of cups are you building it against?
net-print/cups-1.6.0 USE=”X acl dbus filters pam python ssl threads usb -avahi -debug -gnutls -java -kerberos (-selinux) -static-libs -systemd -xinetd -zeroconf”
There are some fixes since 1.9.61 for CUPS 1.6. I’ll make a new release soon.
thanks.
UPD:
I just updated CUPS from SVN and it did not help any.
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emerge -v pycups
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies… done!
[ebuild N ] dev-python/pycups-1.9.61 USE=”-doc -examples” 0 kB
Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 kB
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Emerging (1 of 1) dev-python/pycups-1.9.61
* pycups-1.9.61.tar.bz2 SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size 😉 … [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source…
>>> Unpacking pycups-1.9.61.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work
>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work/pycups-1.9.61 …
>>> Source prepared.
>>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work/pycups-1.9.61 …
>>> Source configured.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work/pycups-1.9.61 …
python2.7 setup.py build
running build
running build_ext
building ‘cups’ extension
creating build
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -march=core2 -mtune=generic -Os -pipe -msse3 -msse4 -mcx16 -msahf -mpopcnt -DVERSION=”1.9.61″ -fPIC -DVERSION=”1.9.61″ -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c cupsmodule.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cupsmodule.o
cupsmodule.c: In function ‘cups_ppdSetConformance’:
cupsmodule.c:413:3: warning: ‘ppdSetConformance’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/cups/ppd.h:414) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
cupsmodule.c: In function ‘initcups’:
cupsmodule.c:853:3: error: ‘CUPS_SERVER_REMOTE_PRINTERS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:853:3: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
error: command ‘x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc’ failed with exit status 1
* ERROR: dev-python/pycups-1.9.61 failed (compile phase):
* Building failed
*
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 85: Called src_compile
* environment, line 5288: Called distutils_src_compile
* environment, line 1296: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* “$(PYTHON)” “${setup_file#*|}” “${_DISTUTILS_GLOBAL_OPTIONS[@]}” build “$@” || die “Building failed”;
*
* If you need support, post the output of `emerge –info ‘=dev-python/pycups-1.9.61’`,
* the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv ‘=dev-python/pycups-1.9.61’`.
* The complete build log is located at ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/temp/build.log’.
* The ebuild environment file is located at ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/temp/environment’.
* Working directory: ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work/pycups-1.9.61’
* S: ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work/pycups-1.9.61’
>>> Failed to emerge dev-python/pycups-1.9.61, Log file:
>>> ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/temp/build.log’
* Messages for package dev-python/pycups-1.9.61:
* ERROR: dev-python/pycups-1.9.61 failed (compile phase):
* Building failed
*
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 85: Called src_compile
* environment, line 5288: Called distutils_src_compile
* environment, line 1296: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* “$(PYTHON)” “${setup_file#*|}” “${_DISTUTILS_GLOBAL_OPTIONS[@]}” build “$@” || die “Building failed”;
*
* If you need support, post the output of `emerge –info ‘=dev-python/pycups-1.9.61’`,
* the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv ‘=dev-python/pycups-1.9.61’`.
* The complete build log is located at ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/temp/build.log’.
* The ebuild environment file is located at ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/temp/environment’.
* Working directory: ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work/pycups-1.9.61’
* S: ‘/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pycups-1.9.61/work/pycups-1.9.61’
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You’ll need a newer version of pycups. I haven’t released one yet, but the git repository has the fixes.
pycups successfully compiled with cups-1.5.3
[…] why not just use pycups or pkipplib? pycups is tightly coupled with CUPS itself. You need to have CUPS binaries installed […]
[…] enable Airprint, we will use the airprint-generate.py. For this, we also need the pycups library. I have used version 1.9.62 but I guess that newer version will also […]
Hello, I get the following errors when building againt cups-devel-1.4.2-67.el6.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.6 (Santiago) python 3.4.2.
Cheers,
Gav
…
cupsmodule.c:1315: error: ‘IPP_OP_RELEASE_HELD_NEW_JOBS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1316: error: ‘IPP_OP_DEACTIVATE_PRINTER’ undeclared (first use in this function)
…
Hi, I’ve been installing cups with pycups without an issue for a couple months, but since early December, we’ve been running into this issue when we perform the command: sudo pip install pycups.
A lot of errors appear similar to this:
cupsmodule.c:1282:3: error: ‘IPP_OP_PRINT_URI’ undeclared
cupsmodule.c:1284:3: error: ‘IPP_OP_CREATE_JOB’ undeclared
etc. etc. The errors seem to all have to do with IPP_OP_something something.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
These ‘IPP_* undeclared’ errors are fixed in pycups-1.9.71.
Hi Tim,
Thanks for that – any ideas when we will see a 1.9.71 release on pypi?
Cheers,
Gav
Thanks for reminding me. I’ve released 1.9.71 today.
Thanks Tim! I’ll update when I get back to work on Monday!
Hey Tim,
Sorry still getting IPP_ undeclared problems with pycups 1.7.1 (same config as above)
Running setup.py bdist_wheel for pycups
Destination directory: /home/gavinj/wheelhouse
Complete output from command /home/gavinj/pyvenv_libtest/bin/python3 -c “import setuptools;__file__=’/home/gavinj/pyvenv_libtest/build/pycups/setup.py’;exec(compile(open(__file__).read().replace(‘\r\n’, ‘\n’), __file__, ‘exec’))” bdist_wheel -d /home/gavinj/wheelhouse:
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_ext
building ‘cups’ extension
creating build
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.4
gcc -pthread -DDYNAMIC_ANNOTATIONS_ENABLED=1 -DNDEBUG -I/usr/include/expat21 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -DVERSION=”1.9.71″ -I/home/gavinj/pyvenv_libtest/include -I/usr/include/python3.4m -c cupsmodule.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.4/cupsmodule.o
cupsmodule.c: In function ‘PyInit_cups’:
cupsmodule.c:1350: error: ‘IPP_UPGRADE_REQUIRED’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1350: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
cupsmodule.c:1350: error: for each function it appears in.)
cupsmodule.c:1446: error: ‘IPP_CANCEL_DOCUMENT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1447: error: ‘IPP_GET_DOCUMENT_ATTRIBUTES’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1448: error: ‘IPP_GET_DOCUMENTS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1449: error: ‘IPP_DELETE_DOCUMENT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1450: error: ‘IPP_SET_DOCUMENT_ATTRIBUTES’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1451: error: ‘IPP_CANCEL_JOBS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1452: error: ‘IPP_CANCEL_MY_JOBS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1453: error: ‘IPP_RESUBMIT_JOB’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1454: error: ‘IPP_CLOSE_JOB’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cupsmodule.c:1455: error: ‘IPP_IDENTIFY_PRINTER’ undeclared (first use in this function)
error: command ‘gcc’ failed with exit status 1
Oops, sorry. I released 1.9.72 yesterday to fix this.
Seeing a massive number of the “undeclared (first use in this function)” errors when building on:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.1 (Maipo)
cups-libs-1.6.3-17.el7_1.1.x86_64
cups-devel-1.6.3-17.el7_1.1.x86_64
python-2.7.5-18.el7_1.1.x86_64
python-devel-2.7.5-18.el7_1.1.x86_64
Sample:
$ python setup.py build
running build
running build_ext
building ‘cups’ extension
creating build
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong –param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong –param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -DVERSION=”1.9.72″ -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c cupsmodule.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cupsmodule.o
cupsmodule.c: In function ‘cups_ppdSetConformance’:
cupsmodule.c:600:3: warning: ‘ppdSetConformance’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/cups/ppd.h:414) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
ppdSetConformance (level);
^
cupsmodule.c: In function ‘initcups’:
cupsmodule.c:1181:22: error: ‘HTTP_STATUS_ERROR’ undeclared (first use in this function)
INT_CONSTANT_ALIAS(HTTP_STATUS_##name, “HTTP_”#name)
^
cupsmodule.c:1116:51: note: in definition of macro ‘INT_CONSTANT_ALIAS’
PyDict_SetItemString (d, #name, PyInt_FromLong (name)); \
^
cupsmodule.c:1187:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘INT_HTTP_STATUS_CONSTANT’
INT_HTTP_STATUS_CONSTANT (ERROR);
^
cupsmodule.c:1181:22: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
INT_CONSTANT_ALIAS(HTTP_STATUS_##name, “HTTP_”#name)
^
cupsmodule.c:1116:51: note: in definition of macro ‘INT_CONSTANT_ALIAS’
PyDict_SetItemString (d, #name, PyInt_FromLong (name)); \
^
Should be fixed now in master.
Thank you, built fine. Very much appreciate your time to fix.
Thank you for pycups. I’ve had a good time with it for the past few days. I am working on a small project that archives local print jobs for retrieval and analysis. To this end, I found a Redhat email post by you on “CUPS Configuration: Get-Notifications”.
Could you please take some time to elaborate on `Connection.createSubscription()` method?
Specifically, what do the parameters `uri`, `recipient_uri`, and `events` mean?
Hi,
As pycups is simply a wrapper around libcups, the best thing to look for is the CUPS documentation.
If you can’t find what you need there, as CUPS is an implementation of IPP the next step is the IPP specification.
Here’s a start for CUPS:
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/spec-ipp.html#CREATE_PRINTER_SUBSCRIPTION
Hi Tim,
Thank you for pycups. I use it in several software and it’s work perfectly.
I have a question. Is there a way to print several file if I want to specify different option (to change paper bac for example) for each file ?
Perhaps cups.Connection.printFiles function reply to my question but how to specify options for 1rst document, options for second document, …
Thank’s by advance for your answer.
Have a good day.
Gael
No, I think you’d have to issue separate requests for that.
Hi Tim,
thank you for pycups. i want to know how to use pycups,but i can’t open the website of the document?can you help me ?
Unfortunately pythonhosted.org documentation can no longer be uploaded so I’ve removed it.
To see the documentation, run ‘make doc’ once you have unpacked the tar file.
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