[cups.bugs] Howto Article #507

[Michael Sweet]

Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Michael R Sweet wrote:
>> Franz Pfoertsch wrote:
>>> Yesterday I wrote a howto about printing into Canon iR mailboxes.
>>>
>>> But today it is lost!
>>>
>>> I there a bug in the database of the webpage or is the article deleted?
>> I deleted it because the content isn't appropriate for a how-to
>> article.  Complete PPD files, etc. are more appropriate and can be
>> submitted to the Printer Driver page instead...
> 
> 
> Huh?
> 
> Why is a "howto about printing into Canon iR mailboxes" inappropriate?
> Do you have some kind of policy statement about what is appropriate and
> what is not?

We want (and have maintained) cups.org to be a source of general
CUPS printing and developer information, as well as providing a
resource for CUPS-compatible PPD files.

Writing an article on how to add PJL options for a specific set of
PPD files is all well and good, but since Franz didn't provide the
full PPDs or an explanation of what he was adding or how it worked,
it really wasn't useful for someone that would want to do the same
thing for their printers...

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer