[cups] XPS proxy for cups

[Helge Blischke]

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> Am 07.01.2020 um 19:16 schrieb Martin Vogt <mvogt1 at gmail.com>:
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> is there an implementation for,or some kind of, "XPS proxy" for cupsd?
> 
> XPS seems to be the preferred windows Print Driver model in
> the Windows V4 Printer Driver Model [1].
> 
> On windows clients, every combination I tested, is unreliable and not
> working well.
> For example, I would use IPP printing on windows clients (with cups), but
> its not really
> supported [2], although IPP works fine [3], if it is setup correctly[4].
> 
> Even using a windows based print server in AD, which serves
> "Windows Printing V3 (RPC/SMB)" to the clients, is unreliable[5].
> 
> So if IPP is not really working and even the native windows print support
> needs client
> reboots on regular basis, maybe there is another way?
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Martin
> 
> PS: All ~150 linux clients are working fine with cups
> 
> [1]
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/v4-printer-driver
> https://blog.thinprint.com/the-new-microsoft-v4-printer-driver-model/
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/b8/simplifying-printing-in-windows-8
> 
> [2]
> https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/WINDOWS/en-US/0066f718-5677-47bc-b7e5-2cd3efb50087/v4-printer-drivers-and-custom-port-monitor-options?forum=wdk
> 
> [3] adding one IPP printer in a serialized process (GUI) takes too long,
> but if its configured, this is working fine. (Working on around ~100
> laptop.)
> 
> [4] When I scripted the installation of ~20 IPP printers on one "windows 10
> client" with powershell, windows starts an overload.exe dialog, CPU fan
> gets louder, windows client becomes unusable, and no printer is working at
> all.
> 
> [5] From around 40 "Windows 2016 Server" as printer clients, I get from
> around 1-2 in a week
> an "insuffienct system recources" error, when connecting to the windows
> based print server. Only a reboot of the print client helps.
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