On Fri 11 Mar 2016 at 15:24:07 +0100, jdd wrote: > Le 11/03/2016 14:00, Brian a écrit : > > >2. You are very uneasy about having a proprietary driver for printing on > > your machine, so are seeking a way not to use it and have only standard > > Debian/Linux drivers. > > this printer seems to be recent and flexible. Chance is he may be a pdf > printer. > > Did you try to send him a pdf without any filter? or try printing a pdf from > a ssd card?
The AirPrint facility handles a PDF (it has to). Whether the printer handles direct PDF printing is questionable. But it's a decent idea to try.