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

[Michael R Sweet]

Ciprian Marius Vizitiu wrote:
> 
>>> 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.
> 
> Hi Michael, 
> 
> Still I'm confused. My Windows driver outputs invalid PostScript... Only the
> Gods in Redmond know why. Fact is, sending this to a CUPS RAW queue makes
> CUPS choke badly...
 > ...

If the queue is really raw, then check the printers.conf file to make
sure you are not using a port monitor.  Typically you might use a port
monitor to do TBCP-based binary printing, but for a raw queue it might
just ruin the data.

Other than that, raw means raw.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer