[cups.development] Getting Device info

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Thu Jan 20 22:32:01 PST 2011


There is no standard way to get a printer serial number. The product (make/model) of the printer (or at least the selected driver) is available from the PPD and in the printer-make-and-model attribute.

On Jan 20, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Naa Nu wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> How can i get the device info  like  product id  or  serial number of the printer  from the current active printer(i.e the printer where the current job is running ) using CUPS API  or CUPS notification method .
> 
> Regards
>   Naanu
> 
> 
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