On 11/11/19 10:40 AM, Brian wrote:
On Mon 11 Nov 2019 at 10:18:26 -0600, Kent West wrote:
Probably answered somewhere, but I've been DuckDuckGo-ing for the past two
hours and can't find the answer.
When adding a printer via the CUPS web interface (localhost:631) on my
Debian box, Administration / Add Printer / Other Network Printers, there are
four Internet Printing Protocol options:
https
ipp
http
ipps
Which one do I want to select? What are the differences?
'ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend' tells you that it doesn't matter what
choice you make.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 31 02:44 http -> ipp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 31 02:44 https -> ipp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 80120 Oct 31 02:44 ipp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 31 02:44 ipps -> ipp
Thank you. That does tell me they are all the same. It does not tell me
why CUPS on Debian makes the other three options available (thereby
confusing the person adding the printer). There must be some reason why
a person would expect to choose X over Y; that's the difference I'm
looking for.
But your answer certainly helps. I now know it doesn't matter which of
these I select.
--
Kent
