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Re: Unable to have custom PBM build a printer invoking a custom CUPS backend

Tobias,
No response from Paul as of yet.

-John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tobias Peciva" <email@hidden>
To: "John Rice" <email@hidden>
Cc: "List Printing" <email@hidden>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: Unable to have custom PBM build a printer invoking a custom
CUPS backend


> On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 02:42 PM, John Rice wrote:
>
> > but trying the following to invoke a 'custom' backend called 'glilpd'
> > "'glilpd://192.168.123.150/JSR_hot_folder2" fails with a '1028' basic
> > catchall for something wrong with the syntax being passed back to
> > Print Center
> > at printer creation.
> >
> > How do we code the kPMPrinterURI so that it will build a printer that
> > points
> > to a custom backend for processing?
>
> Did you find a solution to this problem? We are struggling with the
> same thing: If you try to add a printer in Print Center's Advanced PBM
> and type in an URI like "mylpd://192.168.2.10/MyQueue", Print Center
> will report error 1028.
>
> Interestingly, if you then cancel the add printer sheet, the printer
> will still have been added, but the queue will be stopped, and the
> custom backend is never invoked when printing to the queue. We know for
> sure that the custom backend is not to blame - our "mylpd" is just an
> identical copy of the standard lpd backend.
>
> Cheers,
> Tobias Peciva
> Pharos Systems
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