From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 09:07:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C0A106564A for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:07:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandalf@shopzeus.com) Received: from viefep18-int.chello.at (viefep18-int.chello.at [213.46.255.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D4CA8FC1B for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandalf@shopzeus.com) Received: from edge02.upc.biz ([192.168.13.237]) by viefep14-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.7.08.02.02 201-2186-121-104-20070414) with ESMTP id <20081120090705.WOUI20469.viefep14-int.chello.at@edge02.upc.biz> for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:07:05 +0100 Received: from [192.168.2.175] ([89.134.231.52]) by edge02.upc.biz with edge id hM731a04L18VCLh02M74nm; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:07:05 +0100 X-SourceIP: 89.134.231.52 Message-ID: <492528B7.70808@shopzeus.com> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:07:03 +0100 From: Laszlo Nagy User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Creating a CUPS printer instance from web interface? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:07:07 -0000 I would like to create named instances for an Epson printer. We are printing invoices on normal A4, photos on glossy photo paper, and draft papers (with draft quality). E.g. the paper size, margins and print quality changes from time to time. I have two problems. First, I do not see any way on the CUPS web admin interface to add printer instances. I only have 'set printer options' but it does not allow me to create instances. The other problem is that lpoptions lists the options, but I do not know their meaning and the possible values. Example: gandalf@gandalf-desktop:~$ lpoptions media=A4 finishings=3 copies=1 job-hold-until=no-hold job-priority=50 number-up=1 auth-info-required=none job-sheets=none,none printer-info='EPSON Stylus Photo R265' printer-is-accepting-jobs=1 printer-is-shared=1 printer-location printer-make-and-model='Epson Stylus Photo R265 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 Simplified' printer-state=5 printer-state-change-time=1227085737 printer-state-reasons=paused printer-type=8556556 Which option is for printing quality? What are its possible values? It depends on the driver, and therefore it is not covered in the CUPS manual. The drivers themselves does not have a documentation. So where can I get this information? Thanks, Laszlo