Job spooling to print server

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Christian Niessner wrote:
> Hi Kurt,
> 
>> Append it to the device URI when you install the printer. Or modifiy
>> an existing printer. First find out the current device URI:
>>
>>   lpstat -v | grep -E "ipp://|http://"
>>   device for is2127: ipp://10.162.5.84/ipp
>>   device for is2127ps: ipp://10.162.5.84/print
>>   device for isc2525: http://10.170.0.210:631/printers/isc25
>>
>> Then modify it:
>>
>>   lpadmin -p is2127ps -v ipp://10.162.5.84/print?waitjob=no
> 
> It would be no problem, if this is on the destination server. But how 
> to modify the IPP Url generated by the cups browser.
> 
> lpstat -v on the server:
> device for nullprinter2: socket://localhost:9
> 
> lpstat -v on the client:
> device for nullprinter2: ipp://test-cups.m.freaks.de:631/printers/nullprinter2

I don't know if the CUPS server can be forced to announce the ?waitjob
parameter to the clients within its CUPS browsing packets. I never
tested this.

*If* it works, it should work via the cupsd.conf directive (supported in
CUPS 1.2 for the first time, not available in CUPS 1.1):

   BrowseLocalOptions waitjob=no

See http://localhost:631/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html?TOPIC=References&QUERY=#BrowseLocalOptions
for some more details.


If BrowseLocalOptions for ?waitjob doesn't work, the workaround I'd try
is this:

 (a) install the printer on the 'client' manually with lpadmin, speci-
     fying the desired ?waitjob:

     wget http://test-cups.m.freaks.de:631/printers/nullprinter2.ppd -O /path/to/PPD.ppd

     lpadmin -p nullprinter2_l \
             -v ipp://test-cups.m.freaks.de:631/printers/nullprinter2?waitjob=no \
             -E \
             -P /path/to/ppd

     (the "_l" in the printername will show you "this is the locally installed printer
     that IPP-spools to a socket-queue on a central CUPS server).


 (b) disable browsing on the local client (because now you don't need
     it any more).


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