Ask the user input an integer in the CUPS web interface

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Mon Jan 29 06:40:50 PST 2007


Nicolae wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> When I use the CUPS web interface to configure the printer, I can see that some options come from the ppd file that I wrote for the printer using *OpenUI.
> 
> But from the interface I can only select the item from the list (or select one out of two by settinging Boolean in ppd) which are pre-defined in the ppd file.
> 
> What if I would like to input an integer in the web interface, say, a number to set my printer? How can I write the ppd file? Can I do that in the CUPS web interface?

The web interface currently does not support custom option values.

The generic support for custom option values is documented in the
CUPS PPD spec, available at:

     http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/spec-ppd.html

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