device_uri for Thinprint printers are truncated after #-symbol

[Helge Blischke]

mostro wrote:

> On a linux server we have create lpd print queues for Thinprint printers
> with device_uri like this:
> lpd://tfcx-prt/BE-WHS-01#tcx-belgium-hp1.be.tmk.com:30
> 
> But after some time or after restarting cups the device uri is truncated
> just before the #-symbol. After that printing doesn't work anymore. I see
> the following error in error_log: PID 13746 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/lpd)
> stopped with status 1!
> 
> Please help.

Encode the '#' as '%23' (23 is the hex value of '#' in the ASCII table).

Helge