OpenPrinting / OpenPrinting/libppd

When printing with driverless, the “print-content-optimize” setting does not work

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Description

Describe the bug
When printing with driverless, the “print-content-optimize” setting does not work

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Add a printer "fooA" in the legacy-printer-app
  2. Add a driverless for the "fooA"
  3. Open any document by evnice and print the doucment with the "print-content-optimize" = "text"
  4. PAPPL cannot receive the "print-content-optimize" value.

Expected behavior
PAPPL can receive the value of "print-content-optimize".

System Information:

  • OS: [Ubuntu24.04]
  • Version of CUPS, libcupsfilters, ...
    CUPS: 2.4.7
    libcupsfilters: 2.0.0
    PAPPL: 1.4.9

Additional context

  1. The "print-content-optimize" option generated by driverless is as follows
*OpenUI *print-content-optimize/Print Optimization: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *print-content-optimize
*Defaultprint-content-optimize: auto
*print-content-optimize auto/Automatic: ""
*print-content-optimize graphic/Graphics: ""
*print-content-optimize photo/Photo: ""
*print-content-optimize text-and-graphic/Text and Graphics: ""
*print-content-optimize text/Text: ""
*CloseUI: *print-content-optimize
  1. Everywhere does not generate the "print-content-optimize" option.
  2. "print-content-optimize" setting is filtered out when printing via ipp-backend.https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/blob/c83115cc35d6ec865a405260f0c61d372804be4e/cups/ppd-cache.c#L145

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Research direction

Inspect cups/ppd-cache.c around line 145 and trace how the driverless PPD option reaches the ipp-backend. Reproduce the print-content-optimize=text case from the issue, then verify that PAPPL receives the selected value without filtering it out.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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