Brian Potkin

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> Unfortunately if we aren't going to change ipp-usb design, we can just mitigate scanner breakage for such device - either by trying to open and then close the port...

Perhaps the Debian wiki will bring you up-to-speed with what driverless printing is: https://wiki.debian.org/DriverlessPrinting IPP is used for communication but up to about six years ago it was network-only. Then...

> This release plan will take some weeks, is this OK? Or do you have a deadline nearby? There isn't any deadline. Releasing an initial version of the PostScript Printer...

> In the XML of another (HP) user, I saw `application/octet-stream`. That may be a raw pixel format that - if you can identify the data layout - be converted...

@Photon89 Which package on Manjaro Linux gave you the PPD? Or, to put it another way, where did the PPD come from?

Please give give what you get (as root) from ``` grep PCFileName /etc/cups/ppd/Xerox-AltaLink-C8055.ppd ```

> *PCFileName: "drvless.ppd" driverless tells us the PPD has been generated by cups-filters. This is excellent, apart from the glitch you describe here. Manjaro's printing system has discovered the Xerox...

@Photon89 Obtain a URI for the printer with `driverless`. Now substitute it in ``` driverless URI > ppd.txt ``` and send ppd.txt here.

Type `driverless` and press the ENTER key. Select the appropriate URI for the Xerox.

The PPD generated by cups-filters doe not contain `*cupsManualCopies: True`. I am unable to test any further because Debian does not have CUPS 2.4.6. Thank you for the timely and...