[cups.general] Behaviour of BrowseRemoteOptions

[Michael Sweet]

On Jan 23, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Ralf Schade wrote:
> Hi Michael
> Thx for the answers...didn't satisfy me at all ;)
> 
> I'll try it in an other way:
> Is it possible (in an easy way) to add '?waitjob=false&waitprinter=false' to
> ALL remote printers I've configured?

No, not really. The best you could do is script it - use "lpstat -v to collect the names and device URIs for each printer and then run lpadmin to update each queue with the new options on the end.

> Without using lpadmin on all printers....that's annoying, trust me ;)
> 
> Ralf
> 
> 
> 
> "Michael Sweet" <msweet at apple.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
> news:38748-cups.general at news.easysw.com...
>> On Jan 22, 2011, at 4:01 AM, Ralf Schade wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>> 
>>> Am I right?
>>> 
>>> BrowseRemoteOptions changes the behaviour of all printers I've defined?
>>> Does it append all options I've added?
>> 
>> Per the documentation, if the value starts with a question mark it will 
>> replace any options that are advertised by the server, otherwise they are 
>> added to the options advertised by the server.
>> 
>>> I.e.:
>>> I have some (about 500) remote printers defined with a DeviceURI like:
>>> http://remote-printer.example.com/.printer
>>> When I add the BrowseRemoteOptions with 
>>> ?waitjob=false&waitfoprinter=false
>>> Is this option than added to ALL printers which I've defined?
>> 
>> No, BrowseRemoteOptions only applies to printers discovered using the 
>> CUPS, LDAP, or SLP protocols. Hard-wired remote printers don't get 
>> affected, particularly not remote Windows print queues.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Or did I misunderstood this option?
>>> 
>>> Thx in advance
>>> Ralf
>>> 
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