[cups.general] How to alias existing CUPS printers togetadditional paper tray capability?

[Dracula]

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 07:23 -0500, Michael Sweet wrote:
> Dracula wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 13:16 -0500, Michael Sweet wrote:
> >> Dracula wrote:
> >>> We have several HP printers defined in CUPS, but need to print to
> >>> additional paper trays in those printers. Looks like the only solution
> >>> is to define multiple ALIASES for those printers based on the paper
> >>> tray. We're unable to find documentation that indicates how to create
> >>> those aliases.
> >> man lpoptions
> >>
> > 
> > Hello
> > 
> > I have gone through lpoptions but unable to find option to define alias.
> 
> You don't define aliases with lpoptions, you define instances.
> 
> For example:
> 
>      lpoptions -p lj4000/tray1 -o media=Upper
> 
> creates an instance of the lj4000 queue that defaults to the first
> tray option on that queue (the actual option name will vary for each
> printer)
> 
> In CUPS 1.2, you can create separate queues which point at the same
> printer using the lpadmin command:
> 
>      lpadmin -p ljtray1 -E -v ipp://localhost/printers/lj4000 \
> 	-o media-default=Upper
> 
> (you can sort-of do this in CUPS 1.1, but the default options will
> not stick)
> 


Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Komal