bionic (1) driverless.1.gz

NAME

       driverless - PPD generator utility for driverless printing

SYNOPSIS

       driverless [-h | --help | --version] [-d | -v | --debug] [list] | [cat driver URI] | [IPP printer URI]

DESCRIPTION

       driverless  generates  PPD  files  for printers which are designed for driverless printing (currently IPP
       Everywhere and AirPrint printers) by polling capability information from the printers via IPP. it can  be
       either  called  for  listing suitable printers in the network and for actually generating the PPD. It can
       also be called by CUPS when CUPS is listing available PPDs/drivers or creating print queues,  making  the
       setup of driverless printers with printer setup tools transparently working.

       driverless  is  placed  in  /usr/lib/cups/driver/  for  listing available driverless-capable printers and
       generating PPDs for them. It should also be put in /usr/lib/cups/backend/ (preferably by a symbolic link)
       to  list  IPP device URIs for suitable printers. Printer setup tools like system-config-printer, the CUPS
       web interface at http://localhost:631/, and CUPS' command line utilities can use driverless with CUPS  to
       list  available  driverless-capable printers, determine their IPP device URIs and generate PPDs for them.
       The printers will be automatically and correctly set up for driverless  printing.  Note  that  driverless
       printing requires IPP communication with the printer.

       A  second  symbolic link to /usr/lib/cups/driver/driverless from /usr/bin/ allows driverless to be called
       directly by a user.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help, --version
              Show help page, including version number.

       -v, -d, --debug
              Debug mode, verbose logging to stderr.

       list   List the driver URIs and metadata for all available IPP printers suitable for driverless PPD  file
              generation (to be used by CUPS).

       cat driver URI
              Generate the PPD file for the supplied driver URI from the output of "list" (to be used by CUPS).

       IPP printer URI
              Generate  the  PPD  file  for  the supplied IPP printer URI (suitable URIs are listed when calling
              driverless without options).

       When called without options, the IPP printer URIs of all available IPP printers will be listed.

SEE ALSO

       cups-browsed(8), ippfind(1)

AUTHOR

       The authors of driverless are listed in /usr/share/doc/cups-filters/AUTHORS.

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