driverless(1) driverless(1)
NAME
driverless - PPD generator utility for driverless printing
SYNOPSIS
driverless [-h | --help | --version] [-d | -v | --debug] [list] [_ipps._tcp] [_ipp._tcp] [--std-ipp-uris] | [cat driver URI] | [IPP printer URI]
DESCRIPTION
driverless generates PPD files for printers which are designed for
driverless IPP printing (currently IPP Everywhere, AirPrint, Mopria,
and Wi-Fi-Direct printers, network printers and also IPP-over-USB
printers with the help of ippusbxd(8)) by polling capability informa-
tion 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/driv-
ers 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 cor-
rectly 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/IPPS
printers suitable for driverless PPD file generation (to be used
by CUPS).
_ipps._tcp
Check for only IPPS printers supporting driverless printing .
_ipp._tcp
Check for only IPP printers supporting driverless printing .
--std-ipp-uris
Show URIS in standard form
cat driver URI
Generate the PPD file for the supplied driver URI from the out-
put 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
driverless-capable IPP printers will be listed.
SEE ALSO
cups-browsed(8), ippfind(1), ippusbxd(8)
AUTHOR
The authors of driverless are listed in /usr/share/doc/cups-filters/AU-
THORS.
27 Dec 2016 driverless(1)
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