[cups] PPD being deprecated and Resolution attribute

[Helge Blischke]

Am 07.07.2014 um 17:45 schrieb Pascal Obry:

>
> Hello!
>
> I was using the Resolution attribute from PPD:
>
>   ppd_file_t *ppd = ppdOpenFile(PPDFile);
>   ppd_option_t *opt = ppdFindOption(ppd, "Resolution");
>
> And was indeed able to list supported resolutions for the printer.
>
> Since PPD API is deprecated I have been looking for a replacement but
> can't find one.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
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Look at the ipptool manpage and into the ipp-1.1-test and ipp- 
everywhere.test.
But I think you safely may use the PPD API until a sufficiently large  
number of printers
supports ipp everywhere.

Helge