[cups.general] DeviceURI

[Michael R Sweet]

Darrel wrote:
>> Darrel wrote:
>>> ...
>>> THIS is what a DeviceURI is ..
>>> THIS is the syntax for using it and
>>> THESE are the supported options and what they mean and
>>> THIS is how you specify a negative option (-ocuc) etc.
>>>
>>> Is there such a document and Google can't find it?
>> The CUPS book covers device URIs fairly extensively, and you'll find
>> documentation on the network devices in the on-line help:
>>
>>      http://localhost:631/
>>
>> Normally you don't have to mess with serial, parallel, and USB device
>> URIs because the web interface and various GUIs provide pull-downs for
>> each of the options available for the device.
>>
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>> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
>>
> Thank you for trying to help.
> Saying that localhost:631 has Help screens is like saying that all of Shakespear's plays are in the Dictionary if you read the words in the right order.   I'm sure it is there... and it's probably obvious .. perhaps even PAINFULLY obvious to you .... because you already know the answer and you know WHERE to look for more info.   For the rest of us, you've made a club that we need to get into in order to learn the secret handshake but we can't get INTO the club unless we already know it.
> 
> THIS is the sum total of the documentation on DeviceURI that is available to those of us that only know to look underthe HEADING "deviceURI"
 > ...

Look under the Using Network Printers document in Getting Started:

     http://localhost:631/help/network.html

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer