Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:59:05 -0800 From: Patrick Mahan <PMahan@adaranet.com> To: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: CUPS and IPP/JD/LPD Message-ID: <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C02D6748C2A@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> In-Reply-To: <CE699D93-6829-4791-8FDB-F5180E8DA690@d3photography.com> References: <CE699D93-6829-4791-8FDB-F5180E8DA690@d3photography.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >questions@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 her= e >that people would love to be able to print from... but AirPrint requires a= n >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 Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are solely the responsibility of th= e author and are not to be construed as an official opinion of Adara Networks.
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