[cups.general] advanced printer options visibility

[Michael Sweet]

What OS and version of cups on the clients?



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On May 31, 2012, at 3:46 AM, muzzol <muzzol at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> I've been using a cups server without any problems for about a year with mainly windows clients.
> 
> now I'm configuring several linux clients and I miss advanced printing options such as "Locked print" (you have to type a pass to print).
> 
> 
> If I add printers with command:
> 
>   lpadmin -p Ricoh_Aficio_MP_171SPF_Informatica \
>   -v ipp://cups.example.net:631/printers/Ricoh_Aficio_MP_171SPF_Informatica -E
> 
> I only get a subset of all printer options on local client workstation.
> 
> If I use
> 
>    lpadmin -p Ricoh_Aficio_MP_171SPF_Informatica \
>    -v "http://cups.example.net:631/printers/Ricoh_Aficio_MP_171SPF_Informatica" \
>    -m "openprinting-ppds:0/Ricoh/PXL/Ricoh-Aficio_MP_171_PXL.ppd" -E
> 
> 
> I get all printer options.
> 
> Is there any way to get all printing options without needing to specify driver?
> 
> regards,
> 
> muzzol
> 
> 
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