[cups.general] texttops in CUPS 1.3

[Michael R Sweet]

Opher Shachar wrote:
> In CUPS version 1.2.12 I can submit a print job with:
> 
>   lp -d MyPrinter -o document-format="text/plain;charset=iso-8859-8" an_iso-8859-8_file.text

CUPS doesn't support charset attributes on MIME types.

Instead, it assumes UTF-8.

The only workaround is to use a utility like a2ps to generate a PS
file for printing.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer