Problems with IPP

[Seth Nielson]

So, older versions of CUPS were ok with this? Again, It worked for months until I upgraded recently. I don't doubt that my server is crummy, but if an older version of CUPS will support it, maybe that will be my cheapest option.

-- Seth N.

> Seth Nielson wrote:
> > Hey all, I have a problem that I need some help with.
> >
> > I have a "Hawking Tech" print server that supports IPP printing. The server is hooked up to a Brother HL-1440 laser printer. When I try to print using CUPS, the data light goes on for a brief second, the stops. From the Cups Status page, I get "waiting for job to complete" indefinitely.
>  > ...
>
> Given the information you provided, this print server does not
> properly implement IPP - IPP *requires* HTTP/1.1, and this print
> server implements neither HTTP/1.1 nor the HTTP Expect: header.
>
> We might be able to retry printing without the Expect header if we
> get a 505 error, but since cupsDoFileRequest() is used for a lot of
> other code, we'll need to be extra careful when changing that code.
>
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