This change and many other improvements on the "usb" CUPS backend are included in the CUPS package of Precise (12.04) and for Oneiric (11.10) in the CUPS package in my PPA. See
for instructions on how to use my PPA as source for packages. The new CUPS package there is 1.5.2-4~ppa1. It contains many bug fixes, not only the improvements on the backend.
Sorry for the delay bug now I have succeeded to add bi-di functionality to the libusb-based "usb" backend of CUPS. See
http:// www.cups. org/str. php?L2890
This change and many other improvements on the "usb" CUPS backend are included in the CUPS package of Precise (12.04) and for Oneiric (11.10) in the CUPS package in my PPA. See
https:/ /launchpad. net/~till- kamppeter/ +archive/ ppa
for instructions on how to use my PPA as source for packages. The new CUPS package there is 1.5.2-4~ppa1. It contains many bug fixes, not only the improvements on the backend.