[cups.development] [RFE] STR #2661: ipp backend to HP Jetdirect and retry-job queue = wrong order

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Jan 9 00:35 Heule Daniel wrote (shortened):
> we are printing many invoices to many 100 printers from hp,
> mostly attached to hp jetdirect printboxes.
....
> No it's a big problem if a job goes to hold 
> (becouse of a fail off the ipp backend --> mostly if many jobs 
> are submitted in a short time period e.g. the printer is busy )
> the next job is printed. 

Why using the most sophisticated print-job protocol
when you usually only want to send printing data to the device?

The ipp backend is no longer recommended for network printers,
see
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/network.html
"Network Protocols Supported by CUPS"

Prefer the socket backend.


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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