Giving a File Reference while Printing usinglp command

Jasmit Singh jasmitsingh25 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 8 21:29:03 PDT 2011


> Jasmit,
>
> This functionality is not currently supported, mainly for security reasons.
>
> On Sep 8, 2011, at 1:48 AM, Jasmit Singh wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >  I have a small issue. I am using the lp command for printing on a remote server.
> >
> >  lp -d MyPrinter -h 100.102.200.138:631 MyTextFile.txt
> >
> > In the lp command, i do not want to pass the exact file to be printed. Rather i want to just send a reference of a file which is present on the remote server. How can i achieve this. Please help
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> __________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
>

Hi Michael,
        But as per the IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) RFC 2567, a print job can be submitted by reference.

Since CUPS implements IPP, this functionality must be there. Please confirm.





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