Re: [Printing-architecture] Some suggestions for the DNS-SD (Bonjour) printer support in the dialog

[Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>]

During the discussion I asked this:

On 05/18/2013 08:29 AM, Michael Sweet wrote:
>> If I create a raw CUPS queue, can I send a job to it with special IPP
>> attributes so that CUPS applies a filter chain? This way I could make
>> cups-browsed only create raw queues to avoit IPP polling and the dialog
>> then could poll the printer's capabilities when the User selects the
>> printer, create the option panel PPD-less and send the job with IPP
>> attributes for the options and for making CUPS applying filters to get
>> the output into the format needed by the printer.
>> 

Is this possible with CUPS?

Then CUPS could work as spooler and filter when the exact printer
capabilities are only discovered at the moment when the user selects the
printer for a job via the print dialog. cups-browsed creates only a raw
queue on the Bonjour discovery of a printer to avoid waking up the
printer and complete capabilities are polled via IPP only if the user
selects a printer in the dialog and the dialog has to show the option panel.

   Till