CUPS and IPP/JD/LPD

[Ryan Coleman]

Definitely Postscript.

On Dec 8, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Patrick Mahan wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
>> questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Coleman
>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:41 AM
>> To: FreeBSD Questions
>> Subject: CUPS and IPP/JD/LPD
>> 
>> I have a printer that doesn't support IPP. The leasing agency wants to
>> charge me $1400 to "install" the Postcript driver on it but I'm looking at
>> another solution, if possible: CUPS.
>> 
>> I have a MacBook and we have a number of iOS devices around the office here
>> that people would love to be able to print from... but AirPrint requires an
>> IPP-compatible printer.
>> 
>> Is there a way to convert or translate IPP to either LPD or JetDirect?
>> 
>> --
>> Ryan
>> 
> 
> Ryan,
> 
> I use JetDirect with my Apple devices.  I print to a HP OfficeJet 7310 all-in-one
> with no problems.
> 
> I had and older HP Color inkjet (930?) that was hooked up for a while to a Fedora
> Core box that was using LPD that worked as well.
> 
> Patrick
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Patrick Mahan
> Lead Technical Kernel Engineer
> Adara Networks
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