When PPD files are used?
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I have a CUPS server on my Raspberry. The printer is installed along with its filter. When I look on the current driver it says.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ grep -H '^*NickName:' /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd
/etc/cups/ppd/RICOH_SP_112_DDST.ppd:*NickName: "Ricoh Aficio SP 100, ricoh-sp1xx"
The filter is currently disabled.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /usr/lib/cups/filter/ricoh-sp1xx
#!/bin/bash
/bin/echo "I was here" > /home/pi/aaa.txt
#/usr/bin/python /home/pi/ricoh/ricoh-sp1xx-drv.py $*
The printer is also shared through SMB. The strange thing is that I can print from Windows, even with the filter disabled.
Does Windows use its own driver and send the stream directly to the printer, through SMB > CUPS > DirectURI? If so, in which cases the PPD file and filter are used? Can I somehow log the stream that CUPS is receiving from the Windows spooler?
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I have a CUPS server on my Raspberry. The printer is installed along with its filter. When I look on the current driver it says.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ grep -H '^*NickName:' /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd
/etc/cups/ppd/RICOH_SP_112_DDST.ppd:*NickName: "Ricoh Aficio SP 100, ricoh-sp1xx"
The filter is currently disabled.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /usr/lib/cups/filter/ricoh-sp1xx
#!/bin/bash
/bin/echo "I was here" > /home/pi/aaa.txt
#/usr/bin/python /home/pi/ricoh/ricoh-sp1xx-drv.py $*
The printer is also shared through SMB. The strange thing is that I can print from Windows, even with the filter disabled.
Does Windows use its own driver and send the stream directly to the printer, through SMB > CUPS > DirectURI? If so, in which cases the PPD file and filter are used? Can I somehow log the stream that CUPS is receiving from the Windows spooler?
cups
asked Nov 5 '17 at 11:24
Pablo
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up vote
2
down vote
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I have a CUPS server on my Raspberry. The printer is installed along with its filter. When I look on the current driver it says.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ grep -H '^*NickName:' /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd
/etc/cups/ppd/RICOH_SP_112_DDST.ppd:*NickName: "Ricoh Aficio SP 100, ricoh-sp1xx"
The filter is currently disabled.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /usr/lib/cups/filter/ricoh-sp1xx
#!/bin/bash
/bin/echo "I was here" > /home/pi/aaa.txt
#/usr/bin/python /home/pi/ricoh/ricoh-sp1xx-drv.py $*
The printer is also shared through SMB. The strange thing is that I can print from Windows, even with the filter disabled.
Does Windows use its own driver and send the stream directly to the printer, through SMB > CUPS > DirectURI? If so, in which cases the PPD file and filter are used? Can I somehow log the stream that CUPS is receiving from the Windows spooler?
cups
asked Nov 5 '17 at 11:24
Pablo
17010
I have a CUPS server on my Raspberry. The printer is installed along with its filter. When I look on the current driver it says.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ grep -H '^*NickName:' /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd
/etc/cups/ppd/RICOH_SP_112_DDST.ppd:*NickName: "Ricoh Aficio SP 100, ricoh-sp1xx"
The filter is currently disabled.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /usr/lib/cups/filter/ricoh-sp1xx
#!/bin/bash
/bin/echo "I was here" > /home/pi/aaa.txt
#/usr/bin/python /home/pi/ricoh/ricoh-sp1xx-drv.py $*
The printer is also shared through SMB. The strange thing is that I can print from Windows, even with the filter disabled.
Does Windows use its own driver and send the stream directly to the printer, through SMB > CUPS > DirectURI? If so, in which cases the PPD file and filter are used? Can I somehow log the stream that CUPS is receiving from the Windows spooler?
cups
asked Nov 5 '17 at 11:24
Pablo
17010
edited Nov 7 '17 at 18:07
asked Nov 5 '17 at 11:24
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