CUPS 1.2.7 PCL and LPD

[Michael Sweet]

Erik Mallory wrote:
> I have wrestled with this long enough. I'm leaving this info to document what I perceive to be a bug.
> 
> Background:
> My organization is trying various print management software suites. One of them is Cups/PrintPro. I have installed both products on Solaris and Linux. PrintPro uses Cups 1.1.23. It works like a charm. The only problems is there is no way to move print jobs from one queue to another from the web interface. (The operations folks like the web interfaces) So I compiled and installed several versions of Cups on Solaris and Linux (RHE2)
> This is my problem:
> When using a solaris 9 (LP) print queue that is forwarded to a cups print queue (cups-lpd) PCL files will not print. The printer (HP 1320n) only kicks out a Cups banner page.
> ...
> I think this is a bug. I'd love to be proven wrong.

This is STR #1933, and won't be fixed until CUPS 1.3.  Basically, you
are experiencing difficulties because you are bypassing the normal
filter mechanisms...

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