[cups] Printing cups -> ipp -> cups -> usb with local drivers

[Till Kamppeter]

On 03/30/2016 12:45 PM, Helge Blischke wrote:
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>> Am 30.03.2016 um 16:52 schrieb Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter at gmail.com>:
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>> Create a raw queue (no PPD, no driver) on the client, then the client passes the data simply through, without filtering and all filtering is done correctly on the server.
>>
>> You can also get such queues automatically by running cups-browsed (of the cups-filters package) on the client.
>>
>>    Till
>>
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> Instead of using raw printing, you may slightly edit the printer’s PPD:
> comment out the „*cupsFilter:“ statement and insert (just after this line) the line
> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 0 -"
>
> This permits to use all the printer specific PPD options from the command line or print dialogs
> from application’s user interfaces.
>
> Helge

Helge, if you have a raw queue pointing to a remote CUPS queue with a 
PPD, the CUPS on the client automatically polls the PPD options from the 
server and they get displayed in the client's print dialogs. No PPD and 
especially no edited PPD needed on the client.

    Till