[Desktop_printing] PPD settings vs IPP options

[Matthias Clasen]

On 2/9/06, Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:

[snip]

> Based on the user's print option selections, the "UI" needs only to
>  generate a  commandline for CUPS to act on, specifying the PPD options
> (as well as other, generic, not-printer-specific options!) in the same
> format as you would on a CUPS "lp" or "lpr" commandline (some options'
> values may be boolean boolean):
>
> -o optionname1=value1 -o optionname2=value2 ....

Using a commandline as interface here seems very wrong.

Matthias