Manual: driverless

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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 ippus‐
       bxd(8)) by polling capability information 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/drivers 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, deter‐
       mine their IPP device URIs and generate PPDs for them. The printers will be automatically and correctly	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 genera‐
	      tion (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 output 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 with‐
	      out 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/AUTHORS.

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