I have a Xerox WorkCentre 7845 which I configured on my CUPS server (v1.7.5 on Debian 8) using the Generic PPD (file "WC78XX_5.371.0.0_PPD_fr-FR.exe") version 5.371.0.0 and IPP protocol.
CUPS server is able to print it's test pages.
Linux workstations can add the printer shared by CUPS (using IPP too: ipp://print-server.example.com:631/printers/WC7845) and print their documents (no specific driver needed)
Windows (7) workstations have the Global Print Driver PostScript v5.433.6.0 driver (needed by Windows) and they can add the printer shared by CUPS (using IPP too: http://print-server.example.com:631/printers/WC7845) and print their documents.
But on Windows, the Global Print Driver configuration profile set by default is the "Standard" (in my locale -french- it's "Mode d'impression standard") which only offer basic stuff: no stapling, punch hole nor booklet (the profile can be found in "Administration" tab of printer's properties).
If I want to be able to do booklets I have to change the configuration profile to "Xerox WorkCentre 7845" and to specify the installed finishers (Office LX, punch hole, etc.) in the "Configuration" tab of printer's properties. Once this is done, the printing preferences (the one available when printing a document) offers me to do booklets and other "special" stuff.
But in that setup (when configuration profile is set to "Xerox WorkCentre 7845"), jobs are not printed: the printer LCD screen lists them but they stays there and aren't printed (waited multiples minutes.
On the CUPS server I have tried to change the protocol from IPP (port 631) to socket (port 9100) and to LPD (port 515): same issue in each case.
The only working setup I have found (for now) is to configure the printer as "RAW" in CUPS (tested using both LPD and IPP protocol), it then does not uses the Xerox PPD and sends print jobs to printer as is (as received from workstation's drivers).
But, on the other hand, it makes Linux workstations need a print driver too (when CUPS had the PPD, it wasn't needed).
Among the configuration profiles the GPD drivers offer, there is a "Xerox WorkCentre Device" (in my locale -french- it's "Périphérique Xerox WorkCentre") which offers the stapling option but don't offer booklet (cannot tell the driver I have a finisher on that printer).
I also tried to use PCL6 v5.433.6.0 drivers: it's worse. It works with the "Standard" profile, but when using the "Xerox WorkCentre 7845" the printer prints gibberish XML text with "@PJL JOB", "@PJL XCPT":
-123456X@PJL JOB @PJL XCPT <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> @PJL XCPT <!DOCTYPE xpif SYSTEM "xpif-v02082.dtd"> @PJL XCPT <xpif version="1.0" cpss-version="2.07" xml:lang="en-US"> @PJL XCPT <job-template-attributes> [...] @PJL COMMENT DCPVer: DSPY 5.433.6.1 @PJL XCPT ENTER LANGUAGE=PCLXL ) HP-PCL XL;3.0;Comment Copyright © 2000-2015 Xerox Corporation. All Rights Reserved. jX
My question is:
Is there a way to make Windows Global Print Driver able to talk to a CUPS server that uses the PPD made by Xerox for that WorkCenter 7845?
Thanks
Side note: I have also tried to set up a CUPS+Samba system but Xerox GPD drivers does not handle the Point'n'Print system nor the printing to a Samba port, the drivers crashes with "xerox printer driver an unexpected error occurred in the print driver 040:000:0252 074:000:0061" errors when accessing printing options.