Add a feature flag to use the CUPS IPP printing backend on macOS
Add |printing::features::kCupsIppPrintingBackend| and the corresponding
UI in chrome://flags for switching printing backends on macOS.
The existing CUPS backend calls the deprecated PPD API. In a future CL,
the switch will allow use of the CUPS IPP backend, which uses an
up-to-date API for fetching printer attributes and managing printers.
The flag does not do anything yet.
Bug: 226176
Change-Id: Ifbacfbd1872eb7c47b3130694de920a94f42fc15
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/2063220
Commit-Queue: Daniel Hosseinian <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Lei Zhang <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Sean Kau <[email protected]>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#750018}
diff --git a/chrome/browser/about_flags.cc b/chrome/browser/about_flags.cc
index 47003ef..eec9412 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/about_flags.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/about_flags.cc
@@ -3372,6 +3372,13 @@
#endif // BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_PDF)
#if BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_PRINTING)
+#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
+ {"cups-ipp-printing-backend",
+ flag_descriptions::kCupsIppPrintingBackendName,
+ flag_descriptions::kCupsIppPrintingBackendDescription, kOsMac,
+ FEATURE_VALUE_TYPE(printing::features::kCupsIppPrintingBackend)},
+#endif // defined(OS_MACOSX)
+
#if defined(OS_WIN)
{"use-xps-for-printing", flag_descriptions::kUseXpsForPrintingName,
flag_descriptions::kUseXpsForPrintingDescription, kOsWin,
