[cups.general] strange cfA data generated by CUPS lpd

Michael R Sweet msweet at apple.com
Tue Aug 28 07:54:53 PDT 2007


Lars Heinemann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> a added a printer to CUPS system.
> The printer is set to be connected on localhost via lpd.
> Now if I print something (for example "test lpd.pdf" file) on this printer, the generated cfA data is strange.
> 
> It generates the following cfA:
> Hmypc.mylan.lan
> Pmyaccount
> Jtest lpd_pdf
> ldfA339mypc.mylan.
> UdfA339mypc.mylan.
> Ntest lpd_pdf
> 
> --> the N is supposed to be the real file name. but somehow the point is now converted to a underscore character.
> 
> Is this the normal CUPS behaviour?

Yes, we sanitize the title by default; add "?sanitize_title=no" to
the end of the printer's device URI to disable this functionality.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer





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