[cups.general] What does "RAW" means for a queue?

Michael R Sweet msweet at apple.com
Mon Aug 20 09:28:01 PDT 2007


Ciprian Marius Vizitiu wrote:
> Hi listers
>  
> Can someone please give me a short explanation for what is "RAW" supposed to
> mean when selecting a "Model/Driver" for a given queue? As opposed to say...
> "Postscript" or "HP"?

Raw means unfiltered.  The data is sent unchanged to the printer
directly.

> ...
> BTW, is this the right place to ask or should it be on cups-bugs?

Yes, this is the right place to ask about usage questions - cups-bugs
is for bugs... :)

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer





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