[cups] CUPS Printer Description

[Helge Blischke]

Look at
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.6/api-cups.html#OPTINS
and see the example code referring to the attribute "printer-info".

Helge


Am 09.06.2014 um 20:42 schrieb Sy Bensky:

> Hi,
>
> OS:   Max OSX 10.8.5
> CUPS: 1.6.2
>
> On the CUPS web interface, the first column is the "Queue Name"  
> which is also the "Name" in the CUPS API.
>
> The second column is headed "Description."
>
> I can retrieve the printer names through the CUPS API using  
> cupsGetPrinters or
> cupsGetDest.
>
> I have been able to retrieve the printer "Description" by parsing / 
> etc/cups/printers.conf.
> However, reading printers.conf requires root user privileges.
>
> Is there an API function to retrieve the printer "Description?"
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sy
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