iOS 6 and AirPrint on Ubuntu

Following up on a previous post on Airprint and Ubuntu, iOS 6 requires some ‘fixes’ on CUPS to get things working again.

Simply:

cd /usr/share/cups/mime

create the following 2 files:

airprint.convs 
#
# "$Id: $"
#
# AirPrint
# Updated list with minimal set 25 Sept
image/urf application/pdf 100 pdftoraster
#
# End of "$Id: $".
#

airprint.types

#
# "$Id: $"
#
# AirPrint type
image/urf urf string(0,UNIRAST<00>)
#
# End of "$Id: $".
#

I wound up recreating the service files for my printers with airprint-generate.py but didn’t notice any changes. Couldn’t hurt. Then restart cups and avahi.

References:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1054495

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12253212