[cups.general] Giving a File Reference while Printing usinglp command

[Michael Sweet]

On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:29 PM, Jasmit Singh wrote:

>> 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.

First, 2567 is obsolete.  2911 is the current IETF standard, and the PWG has published subsequent updates (PWG 5100.x, 1 <= x <= 12).

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

Support for Print-URI and Send-URI is OPTIONAL.  CUPS does not support them for multiple practical and security reasons.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair