using network printers, what non-cups things exist?

[Brian]

On Mon 11 Nov 2019 at 14:16:35 +0000, Mike Marchywka wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 02:28:11PM +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> > hi,
> > Am Montag, den 11.11.2019, 13:15 +0000 schrieb Mike Marchywka:
> > > 
> > > Thanks, but what else is really needed besides a format convert and
> > > socket output program? Both should be easy to find. An ampersand is
> > > all the queue I need :) It is not like the network printer is
> > > actually
> > > a device that needs a kernel module to support right?
> > 
> > not kernel module support but a translation into the right postscript
> > commands:
> > 
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description
> > 
> > this translation is the other feature cups gives you beyond a queue ...
> > :)
> 
> Isn't there some query scheme worked out to just ask it during
> discovery? I'm willing to send a few pages of unsupported post
> script to it instead of downloading hundreds of "things" ...

PostScript is not an acceptable PDL to send to a OfficeJet 5255.

-- 
Brian.