cups 1.1.23: get Printer-Status via API ...

[Michael Sweet]

bFoe wrote:
> ...
> Until now I'm not able to get the other infos ("cover-open" [if the
> cover is open], "media-needed" [if no media in tray], etc.).
> ...

Currently only the IPP backend provides additional keywords for the
printer-state-reasons attribute.

You can modify the existing backends to use the API for providing
state info for your particular printer.  Basically, send messages
to stderr with the prefix "STATE:" to add, remove, or replace the
reported keywords:

     STATE: keyword,keyword            [replaces]
     STATE: +keyword                   [adds]
     STATE: -keyword                   [removes]

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