Virtual Printer for CUPS

Virtual Printer using IPP Everywhere protocol to print PDF files.

Install Dependencies

• cups-ipp-utils
  • ippeveprinter tool is used to start virtual server

For ubuntu, use the below command :

./install-deps.sh

Start Server

./server.sh

Printing a PDF file

lp -d <printer_name> <pdf_file_location>

In my case i was getting error printing PDF files lp: Unsupported document-format "application/pdf".

so i was sening raw files, but i'm somewhat sure above command will work for PDF files, if it doesn't then use below command

lp -d <printer_name> <pdf_file_location> -oraw