[cups.development] HP and CUPS

[Michael R Sweet]

D. Hageman wrote:
> I have setup a print server using cups 1.3.6.  I have both linux, mac 
> and windows machines printing to this server.  One of the more prominent 
> printers we use is a HP LaserJet 4700dn.  We have found on the Windows 
> machines that upon installation of the HP 4700 driver pointing directly 
> to a CUPS printer that the print spooler on the Windows machine will 
> crash.  We believe the fault lies in the HP driver.  So, why am I 
> writing this list?  We have found that wrapping the printer in a class 
> fixes the issue.  The installation of the print driver goes smoothly and 
> works as expected.
> 
> My question is how does a CUPS class interaction with the driver differ 
> from a CUPS printer iteration with the driver?  I have read the docs and 
> read quite a bit of the code, but it doesn't seem obvious to me.

Well, the class won't reflect all of the printer-state* attributes
of the printer that is handling the job, so maybe there is something
there.  Also, Windows IPP support is not the greatest, so it is
possible the HP print provider on Windows is running into problems
with the IPP port...

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer