[cups.general] Administrator-chosen explanatory message for e.g. paused printer

[Michael R Sweet]

John A. Murdie wrote:
> Is there a means for a CUPS administrator to set a message which should appear on the CUPS web page for a printer - e.g. when a printer is paused for maintenance, could the message "Printer being repaired - should be available again at 14:00 today" be posted there?
> 
> It's something that I've wished for since starting to use CUPS, but have used alternative methods of keeping users informed about printer status. Some users expect the printer status to be found on the CUPS printer web page, however.
> 
> It's quite possible that I've overlooked this feature, not having followed CUPS very closely of late. If it doesn't exist, I'll submit an RFE.

"man cupsdisable"

The "-r" option allows you to set the reason for stopping the queue.
There currently is no way to do this from the web interface,
however...

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer