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Re: Getting printer name within cups backend

Subject: Re: Getting printer name within cups backend
From: Mike Sweet <email@hidden>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:34:44 -0400
Organization: Easy Software Products
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William Jens wrote:

I must be missing something obvious, but I'm trying to call cupsGetPPD(printername) from within my cups backend, but I don't see
where to get the printer name.

The PRINTER environment variable will have the printer name; just
use getenv("PRINTER") to get the string pointer.

Also, what's the best way to go about installing a CUPS backend and
related printer(s)? While working on this I've put my PPD file &
backend file in place, restarted cupsd & used lpadmin to build my
printer, but I'm hoping for something less intrusive.

The restart of cupsd or reboot of the machine is the only way to
register a backend with the scheduler. Once registered you can use
lpadmin, the Print Center, or any other client you come up with to
add the printer.

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