Initiate Command to printer throgh backend w/oprint job

[Michael Sweet]

Premjo wrote:
>> Premjo wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>   Do i can write my own commandto<printer> filter and add it on the PPD file. when i do a click of button on the web interface the printer specific command will directly go to the backend and get execute on the printer? Is that reply can be displayed on the web?,if yes where do i have to write interface? if no, is this reply can be captured on any port monitoing system? might be i am asking a wrong question, please pardon me.
>> You can't directly communicate with a printer from your application
>> through CUPS.
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>> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
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> i mean through http://localhost:631/admin application and right click printer property.

Again, no, you can't do that through CUPS.

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