The Community Edition, aka OpenJava, and Java SE (both JRE and JDK) have always been free. There are no indications this will change, so no problem if that's what you use.
IIRC the scofflicences have all been using non-for-free extensions as though they were. That said, its a pity that the language has remained proprietary and that Sun never had the chance to make it public domain before Oracle got their hands on it.
-- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
This is Larry we're talking about. Do you think facts will stop him issuing writs? :-)
Not necessarily, but we'll get warning if he tries it. The prerequsites for a change to non-free Standard Edition Java are that OpenJava, which is currently part of many (all?) Linux distros including Raspbian, would have to disappear and the licensing and explanatory notes on the various Oracle Java SE downloads would have to change. Otherwise Oracle's legal team would get laughed out of court for trying it on, even in Delaware or West Texas.
-- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
The TP-Link TL-PS210U arrived today and seems to work using a port redirection utility and whilst I think there is a USBIP project for Linux, I have no idea how current it is (I'll look into it on my Ubuntu box).
So, on one hand I'm not sure I like any redirection software as much as having the Pi as a straight printserver, especially as I'm not sure I can print through the TP-Link from Linux but then the Dymo label app is Linux only then it could be a mute point. ;-(
Cheers, T i m
moot
On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:45:02 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote: [ ... ]
I had really good luck writing Python programs to fill in the varying bits in Postscript templates. Could even start up Ghostscript from Python to render the results. I could not even contemplate trying to handle command-line arguments in Postscript.
And that. ;-)
If it's not supported by Linux then the printer will be mute under Linux. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
I may be confused (not difficult I know). ;-(
So, now I have the TP-Link printserver and it works (using port redirection from the host) ... I'm not sure if the PS 'knows' what printer is attached to it or if it is simply passing the bitmap though transparently as you suggested at the top?
If that is the case, is the Pi doing anything different as if I understand you correctly you said the Pi was generating the print job when it was the PS?
Or maybe both cases are correct?
Cheers, T i m
(On my Mint laptop I keep at my Mums).
On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:25:54 -0000 (UTC), T i m declaimed the following:
The printer server is essentially handling the sharing of the printer via an Ethernet (TCP/IP) connection. One wouldn't like a print out to contain bits from multiple computers intermixed.
The data is still being formatted using drivers local to the computer generating the job -- only the output connection differs (instead of serial/parallel/USB it goes to a standardized target on the print server)
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