Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?
On Sat 12 Mar 2016 at 14:00:00 +0100, jdd wrote:
> Le 12/03/2016 13:22, Brian a écrit :
>
> >on the printer. AirPrint uses exactly the same printer as CUPS but
> >the conversion done by brother_lpdwrapper_mfcj5720dw has to be on
> >the printer in firmware. Then the RIP takes over. The RIP is not
> >converting PDF to raster format. There is no PDF interpreter for
> >AirPrint to use.
>
> I was understanding than one have to send pdf to airprint, but this article
> is all what I know of it
AirPrint supports PDF, JPEG and URF as PDLs. URF is obligatory. PDF is
the PDL of choice if the device supports it.
So, you do not *have* to send PDF to Airprint but is very common for
that to happen.
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