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CUPS printing and control escape codes
I ported application from SysV to Linux and run into troubles with printing.

Application uses lp and HP JetDirect-based printers, it inserts HP control codes in the file and uses plain lp -d dest doc-file command to print it.

The Linux (Ubuntu 8) has CUPS system, which I am not familiar with. I added JetDirect's IP to the hosts and used The UNIX and Linux Forums - Learn UNIX and Linux from Experts interface to add the printer, its model was in the list (this is HP P2015n) and the test print worked like a charm. but when I run app and print from it the control codes in the file body are not recognized as a control sequence characters, but rather as a plain text and printed along with the actual text. I captured the file from the app and tried to print it with -o raw option,
Code:
lpr -P lpr5 -o raw prtfile

but result is the same, control codes are treated as a part of the text.

Any help on how to tune up this CUPS would be appreciated.
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cupsdisable

cupsenable(8)							    Apple Inc.							     cupsenable(8)

NAME

       cupsdisable, cupsenable - stop/start printers and classes

SYNOPSIS

       cupsdisable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -r reason ] [ --hold ] destination(s)
       cupsenable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ --release ] destination(s)

DESCRIPTION

       cupsenable starts the named printers or classes while cupsdisable stops the named printers or classes.

OPTIONS

       The following options may be used:

       -E   Forces encryption of the connection to the server.

       -U username
	    Uses the specified username when connecting to the server.

       -c   Cancels all jobs on the named destination.

       -h server[:port]
	    Uses the specified server and port.

       --hold
	    Holds remaining jobs on the named printer.	Useful for allowing the current job to complete before performing maintenance.

       -r "reason"
	    Sets the message associated with the stopped state.  If no reason is specified then the message is set to "Reason Unknown".

       --release
	    Releases pending jobs for printing.  Use after running cupsdisable with the --hold option to resume printing.

CONFORMING TO

       Unlike  the  System  V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#".  Also,
       printer and class names are not case-sensitive.

       The System V versions of these commands are disable and enable, respectively.  They have been renamed to avoid conflicts with  the  bash(1)
       build-in commands of the same names.

       The  CUPS versions of disable and enable may ask the user for an access password depending on the printing system configuration.  This dif-
       fers from the System V versions which require the root user to execute these commands.

SEE ALSO

       cupsaccept(8), cupsreject(8), cancel(1), lp(1), lpadmin(8), lpstat(1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.

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