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Cloud Device Description

Cloud Device Description (CDD) is a general concept that encapsulates several aspects of a cloud device's properties and functionality. CDD 1.0 (the version of CDD supported by GCP 2.0) organizes these concepts into five formats:

  • CDD describes the capabilities and features of the device.
  • CJT (Cloud Job Ticket) describes the options chosen for a command supported by the device.
  • CDS (Cloud Device State) describes the entire semantic state of the device.
  • CJS (Cloud Job State) describes the semantic state of jobs on the device.
  • Local settings are user-editable settings that do not change with normal use of the device.

These formats are defined in the following sections using Google's Protobuf language. They are communicated to and from the Cloud Print server as JSON strings serialized from the protobufs, which is how the examples on this page are presented.

Note: The optional keyword should be ignored in these protobuf definitions. Each field which has (required) in the description above it is required, and all other fields are optional (or repeated).

Cloud Device Description – The Format

CDD is a format that describes the capabilities of a cloud-connected device, such as a Google Cloud Print connected printer. Some examples of capabilities might include: color printing, duplexing, or multiple paper size support. Here is the protobuf definition of the top-level data structure, CDD:

// Description of a cloud-enabled device's capabilities and properties. Also
// known as CDD.
message CloudDeviceDescription {

  // Version of the CDD in the form "X.Y" where changes to Y are backwards
  // compatible, and changes to X are not (required).
  optional string version = 1;

  // Section of the CDD that specifically describes printers.
  optional PrinterDescriptionSection printer = 101;

  // Section of the CDD that specifically describes scanners.
  optional ScannerDescriptionSection scanner = 102;
}

Printer capability languages like XPS and PPD specify capabilities using a generic language and then use keywords to designate which of these capabilities have a particular meaning (like which capability refers to the color of the document, or how many copies should be printed). The CDD format takes a different approach by defining a specific set of custom protobufs for each of the device's capabilities.

GCP offers a web tool that can automatically translate XPS and PPD files into CDD and visualize what our UI will look like given a valid CDD.

One can see that the main content of the CDD is broken up into subsections. Initially, these subsections are printer and scanner. It can be surmised that the CDD can represent a printer or scanner or even both: a printer-scanner combo.

Note: The protobuf definitions of the scanner sections of CDD, CJT, and CDS will be disclosed when GCP officially releases its cloud scanning API.

Printer Description Section

This section of CDD describes the capabilities and features of a printer. Here is the protobuf definition:

// Section of a CDD that describes the capabilities and physical units of a
// cloud-connected printer.
message PrinterDescriptionSection {

  // Content types (sometimes referred to as MIME types) that are supported by
  // the printer.
  //
  // The order of these types determines which content type the document should
  // be converted to. For example, if the types are ordered as:
  //
  //   [
  //     {"content_type": "application/pdf"},
  //     {"content_type": "image/pwg-raster"}
  //   ]
  //
  // Then the document's content type will first be matched to any content type
  // in the list. If there is a match, then the document will be sent to the
  // printer as is. If there is no match, then the document will be converted to
  // a content type which the server supports starting from the first option. In
  // this example, if the document is sent as "text/html" and the printer
  // supports "application/pdf" and "image/pwg-raster", then the document will
  // be converted to "application/pdf" and not "image/pwg-raster", because
  // "application/pdf" is declared earlier in this list.
  repeated SupportedContentType supported_content_type = 1;

  // Printing speeds that the printer can operate at.
  optional PrintingSpeed printing_speed = 2;

  // PWG raster configuration of the printer. Required if the printer supports
  // image/pwg-raster content type, and it should be omitted otherwise.
  // This allows a cloud service to understand how to rasterize a document in
  // PWG-raster for the printer.
  optional PwgRasterConfig pwg_raster_config = 3;

  // Physical model of the printer's input trays.
  repeated InputTrayUnit input_tray_unit = 4;

  // Physical model of the printer's output bins.
  repeated OutputBinUnit output_bin_unit = 5;

  // Physical model of the printer's markers.
  repeated Marker marker = 6;

  // Physical model of the printer's covers.
  repeated Cover cover = 7;

  // Physical model of the printer's media paths.
  repeated MediaPath media_path = 8;

  // Vendor-provided printer capabilities.
  repeated VendorCapability vendor_capability = 101;

  // Color printing capabilities of the printer.
  optional Color color = 102;

  // Duplexing capabilities of the printer.
  optional Duplex duplex = 103;

  // Page/paper orientation capabilities of the printer.
  optional PageOrientation page_orientation = 104;

  // Multiple copy capability of the printer.
  optional Copies copies = 105;

  // Page margins capability of the printer.
  optional Margins margins = 106;

  // Printing quality or dots-per-inch (DPI) capabilities of the printer.
  optional Dpi dpi = 107;

  // Page fitting capabilities of the printer.
  optional FitToPage fit_to_page = 108;

  // Page range selection capability of the printer.
  optional PageRange page_range = 109;

  // Page or media size capabilities of the printer.
  optional MediaSize media_size = 110;

  // Paper collation capability of the printer.
  optional Collate collate = 111;

  // Reverse order printing capability of the printer.
  optional ReverseOrder reverse_order = 112;
}

// Property that defines what content types the printer can print natively.
message SupportedContentType {
  // Content type (e.g. "image/png" or "application/pdf"). Use */* if your
  // printer supports all formats (required).
  optional string content_type = 1;

  // Minimum supported version of the content type if applicable (e.g. "1.5").
  optional string min_version = 2;

  // Maximum supported version of the content type if applicable (e.g. "1.5").
  optional string max_version = 3;
}

// Property that defines what speeds (in pages per minute) the printer can
// operate at.
message PrintingSpeed {
  // Available speed of the printer.
  //
  // Specify settings that are associated with the given speed. If a setting
  // is left unset, then it will be assumed that the speed is independent of
  // that setting. For example, the following Option
  //
  //   {
  //     "speed_ppm": 5.5,
  //     "color_type": ["STANDARD_MONOCHROME"],
  //     "media_size_name": ["NA_LETTER", "ISO_A4"]
  //   }
  //
  // indicates that the printer prints at 5.5 pages per minute when printing in
  // STANDARD_MONOCHROME in either NA_LETTER or ISO_A4 paper sizes.
  message Option {
    // Speed measured in pages per minute (required).
    optional float speed_ppm = 1;

    // Types of color settings that operate at this speed.
    repeated Color.Type color_type = 2;

    // Names of media sizes that operate at this speed.
    repeated MediaSize.Name media_size_name = 3;
  }

  // Speeds that the printer can operate at.
  repeated Option option = 1;
}

// Configuration of how printer should receive PWG raster images.
message PwgRasterConfig {

  message Resolution {
    optional int32 cross_feed_dir = 1;  // Horizontal resolution in DPI.
    optional int32 feed_dir = 2;  // Vertical resolution in DPI.
  }

  // Resolutions (in DPI) of the pages that the printer supports in PWG-raster
  // format. The resolution MUST be supported for every page media supported by
  // the printer. (Same as PwgRasterDocumentResolutionSupported PWG-raster
  // semantic model element.) This field is strongly recommended, as it helps
  // GCP to decide which resolutions are supported by the printer for PWG-raster
  // documents if it has to downscale the document to a lower resolution.
  //
  // This list can be a subset of the full set of resolutions supported by the
  // printer (in formats different from PWG-raster, e.g. PDF), but it MUST
  // include an NxN DPI resolution where N <= 360 and N evenly divides all
  // resolutions supported by the printer. A resolution NxN where N >= 600
  // (possibly 600 or 720) is also strongly recommended.
  //
  // GCP will generate PWG-raster pages not necessarily at the resolution
  // reported in the ticket, but the actual DPIs of the page (horizontal and
  // vertical) will always perfectly divide the corresponding values reported in
  // the ticket.
  repeated Resolution document_resolution_supported = 2;

  // List of PWG-raster document types (in terms of color space and bits per
  // color) supported by the printer. Color printers MUST support SRGB_8 and
  // possibly SGRAY_8. Monochrome printers must support either SRGB_8 or
  // SGRAY_8. However, any printer that doesn't support SGRAY_8 must be able
  // to perform conversion from RGB to grayscale if it receives a PWG-raster
  // document in SRGB and the print job ticket specifies monochrome printing.
  //
  // This field is strongly recommended, and we recommend to include all types
  // supported by the printer, as GCP may start serving more document types in
  // the future.
  repeated PwgDocumentTypeSupported document_type_supported = 3;

  // Describes which transformation needs to be applied to back pages in
  // duplexing in order to have them printed properly.
  // The value mainly depends on how duplexing works on the printer, and the
  // actual effect depends on which duplexing is specified in the ticket.
  enum DocumentSheetBack {
    // No special treatment for back pages (same as front page).
    NORMAL = 0;
    // Back pages are rotated 180 degrees if the document is portrait
    // (TwoSidedLongEdge duplexing).
    ROTATED = 1;
    // Back pages are rotated 180 degrees if the document is landscape
    // (TwoSidedShortEdge duplexing, opposite of ROTATED).
    MANUAL_TUMBLE = 2;
    // Page is flipped upside-down if portrait (TwoSidedLongEdge duplexing),
    // left-right if landscape (TwoSidedShortEdge duplexing).
    FLIPPED = 3;
  }
  // Same as PwgRasterDocumentSheetBack PWG-raster semantic model element.
  // Default value is ROTATED.
  optional DocumentSheetBack document_sheet_back = 4 [default = ROTATED];

  // Instructs GCP that the printer wants to print pages from the last to the
  // first. In that case GCP will stream PWG-raster pages in that order.
  optional bool reverse_order_streaming = 5;

  // Instructs GCP that the printer prefers receiving pages rotated 180 degrees.
  // This rotation is in addition to possible additional rotations of even pages
  // based on document_sheet_back in case of duplexing.
  optional bool rotate_all_pages = 6;

  // PWG-raster document types (in terms of color space and bits per color).
  // This list is based on the PWG-raster specs of March 14, 2012, and it
  // will be extended without notice if new types are added to newer versions
  // of the specs. If a new type is not accepted by GCP capability parser please
  // inform the GCP team. (This doesn't mean that GCP will start sending
  // documents of the new kind.)
  //
  // The string names are identical to the keyword attribute values in
  // PWG-raster documentation, except they are uppercase, and dashes are
  // replaced by underscores.
  enum PwgDocumentTypeSupported {
    BLACK_1 = 1;
    SGRAY_1 = 2;
    ADOBE_RGB_8 = 3;
    BLACK_8 = 4;
    CMYK_8 = 5;
    DEVICE1_8 = 6;
    DEVICE2_8 = 7;
    DEVICE3_8 = 8;
    DEVICE4_8 = 9;
    DEVICE5_8 = 10;
    DEVICE6_8 = 11;
    DEVICE7_8 = 12;
    DEVICE8_8 = 13;
    DEVICE9_8 = 14;
    DEVICE10_8 = 15;
    DEVICE11_8 = 16;
    DEVICE12_8 = 17;
    DEVICE13_8 = 18;
    DEVICE14_8 = 19;
    DEVICE15_8 = 20;
    RGB_8 = 21;
    SGRAY_8 = 22;
    SRGB_8 = 23;
    ADOBE_RGB_16 = 24;
    BLACK_16 = 25;
    CMYK_16 = 26;
    DEVICE1_16 = 27;
    DEVICE2_16 = 28;
    DEVICE3_16 = 29;
    DEVICE4_16 = 30;
    DEVICE5_16 = 31;
    DEVICE6_16 = 32;
    DEVICE7_16 = 33;
    DEVICE8_16 = 34;
    DEVICE9_16 = 35;
    DEVICE10_16 = 36;
    DEVICE11_16 = 37;
    DEVICE12_16 = 38;
    DEVICE13_16 = 39;
    DEVICE14_16 = 40;
    DEVICE15_16 = 41;
    RGB_16 = 42;
    SGRAY_16 = 43;
    SRGB_16 = 44;
  }

  // [Deprecated: Please use the other fields of PwgRasterConfig.]
  // Transformation to apply to pages during PWG rasterization.
  message Transformation {
    // Types of transformation operations to apply.
    enum Operation {
      // Rotate pages 180 degrees.
      ROTATE_180 = 0;

      // Flip pages along the long edge of the paper.
      FLIP_ON_LONG_EDGE = 1;

      // Flip pages along the short edge of the paper.
      FLIP_ON_SHORT_EDGE = 2;
    }

    // Selectors of which pages to apply the transformation to.
    enum Operand {
      // Apply transformation to all pages.
      ALL_PAGES = 0;
      // Apply transformation to even pages only when duplexing (deprecated,
      // instead use EVEN_PAGES and specify appropriate duplex types).
      ONLY_DUPLEXED_EVEN_PAGES = 1;
      // Apply transformation to odd pages only when duplexing (deprecated,
      // instead use ODD_PAGES and specify appropriate duplex types).
      ONLY_DUPLEXED_ODD_PAGES = 2;
      // Apply transformation to even pages.
      EVEN_PAGES = 3;
      // Apply transformation to odd pages.
      ODD_PAGES = 4;
    }
    // Required.
    optional Operation operation = 1;
    // Required.
    optional Operand operand = 2;
    // Duplex types that the transformation applies to. Leave empty if the
    // transformation is applicable to all duplex types.
    repeated Duplex.Type duplex_type = 3;
  }

  // [Deprecated and only partially supported. Please use the other fields of
  // PwgRasterConfig.
  // Out of all possible transformations GCP will only support rotating all
  // pages, but for that we strongly recommend using the rotate_all_pages
  // boolean field instead.]
  // What transformations to apply to pages in the print job.
  repeated Transformation transformation = 1;
}

// Physical model of a printer input tray.
message InputTrayUnit {
  // Enumeration of input tray types.
  enum Type {
    CUSTOM = 0;
    INPUT_TRAY = 1;
    BYPASS_TRAY = 2;
    MANUAL_FEED_TRAY = 3;
    LCT = 4;  // Large capacity tray.
    ENVELOPE_TRAY = 5;
    ROLL = 6;
  }

  // Vendor-provided ID of the input tray (required).
  optional string vendor_id = 1;

  // Type of input tray (required).
  optional Type type = 2;

  // Index of the input tray.
  optional int64 index = 3;

  // Non-localized custom display name of the input tray.
  // New CDDs should use custom_display_name_localized instead. It is required
  // that either custom_display_name or custom_display_name_localized is set if
  // the tray's type is CUSTOM.
  optional string custom_display_name = 4;

  // Translations of custom display name of the input tray.
  // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
  repeated LocalizedString custom_display_name_localized = 5;
}

// Physical model of a printer output bin.
message OutputBinUnit {
  // Enumeration of output bin types.
  enum Type {
    CUSTOM = 0;
    OUTPUT_BIN = 1;
    MAILBOX = 2;
    STACKER = 3;
  }

  // Vendor-provided ID of the output bin (required).
  optional string vendor_id = 1;

  // Type of output bin (required).
  optional Type type = 2;

  // Index of the output bin.
  optional int64 index = 3;

  // Non-localized custom display name of the output bin.
  // New CDDs should use custom_display_name_localized instead. It is required
  // that either custom_display_name or custom_display_name_localized is set if
  // the bin's type is CUSTOM.
  optional string custom_display_name = 4;

  // Translations of custom display name of the output bin.
  // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
  repeated LocalizedString custom_display_name_localized = 5;
}

// Physical model of a printer marker.
message Marker {
  // Enumeration of types of printer markers.
  enum Type {
    CUSTOM = 0;
    TONER = 1;
    INK = 2;
    STAPLES = 3;
  }

  // Message that describes the color of a marker.
  message Color {
    // Enumeration of color types of the printer marker.
    enum Type {
      CUSTOM = 0;
      BLACK = 1;
      COLOR = 2;
      CYAN = 3;
      MAGENTA = 4;
      YELLOW = 5;
      LIGHT_CYAN = 6;
      LIGHT_MAGENTA = 7;
      GRAY = 8;
      LIGHT_GRAY = 9;
      PIGMENT_BLACK = 10;
      MATTE_BLACK = 11;
      PHOTO_CYAN = 12;
      PHOTO_MAGENTA = 13;
      PHOTO_YELLOW = 14;
      PHOTO_GRAY = 15;
      RED = 16;
      GREEN = 17;
      BLUE = 18;
    }

    // Required.
    optional Type type = 1;

    // Non-localized custom display name of the color.
    // New CDDs should use custom_display_name_localized instead. It is required
    // that either custom_display_name or custom_display_name_localized is set
    // if the color's type is CUSTOM.
    optional string custom_display_name = 2;

    // Translations of custom display name of the color.
    // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
    repeated LocalizedString custom_display_name_localized = 3;
  }

  // Vendor-provided ID of the marker (required).
  optional string vendor_id = 1;

  // Type of marker (required).
  optional Type type = 2;

  // Color of the marker. Only needed if marker type is INK or TONER.
  optional Color color = 3;

  // Non-localized custom display name of the marker.
  // New CDDs should use custom_display_name_localized instead. It is required
  // that either custom_display_name or custom_display_name_localized is set
  // if the marker's type is CUSTOM.
  optional string custom_display_name = 4;

  // Translations of custom display name of the marker.
  // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
  repeated LocalizedString custom_display_name_localized = 5;
}

// Physical model of a printer cover.
message Cover {
  // Enumeration of cover types.
  enum Type {
    CUSTOM = 0;
    DOOR = 1;
    COVER = 2;
  }

  // Vendor-provided ID of the cover (required).
  optional string vendor_id = 1;

  // Type of the cover (required).
  optional Type type = 2;

  // Index of the cover.
  optional int64 index = 3;

  // Non-localized custom display name of the cover.
  // New CDDs should use custom_display_name_localized instead. It is required
  // that either custom_display_name or custom_display_name_localized is set
  // if the cover's type is CUSTOM.
  optional string custom_display_name = 4;

  // Translations of custom display name of the cover.
  // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
  repeated LocalizedString custom_display_name_localized = 5;
}

// Physical model of a media path of a printer. Media paths are the paths
// through which print media flows.
message MediaPath {
  // Vendor-provided ID of a media path (required).
  optional string vendor_id = 1;
}

Note: The models of input trays, output bins, markers, covers and media paths contained in a printer's CDD are used when displaying the state of those units. They do not represent user-configurable printing options.

// Flexible capability that can represent range-based, selection-based, or
// typed-value-based capabilities.
message VendorCapability {
  enum Type {
    RANGE = 0;
    SELECT = 1;
    TYPED_VALUE = 2;
  }

  // ID of the capability. Used in CJT to associate a ticket item with this
  // capability (required).
  optional string id = 1;

  // Non-localized user-friendly string to represent this capability.
  // New CDDs should use display_name_localized instead. It is required that
  // either display_name or display_name_localized is set.
  optional string display_name = 2;

  // Type of this capability (required).
  optional Type type = 3;

  // Range-based capability definition.
  optional RangeCapability range_cap = 4;

  // Selection-based capability definition.
  optional SelectCapability select_cap = 5;

  // Typed-value-based capability definition.
  optional TypedValueCapability typed_value_cap = 6;

  // Translations of display name of this capability.
  // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
  repeated LocalizedString display_name_localized = 7;
}

// Message that stores capability information specific to range-based
// capabilities.
message RangeCapability {
  enum ValueType {
    FLOAT = 0;
    INTEGER = 1;
  }

  // Data type of the value of the range capability (required).
  optional ValueType value_type = 1;
  optional string default = 2;
  optional string min = 3;
  optional string max = 4;
}

// Selection-based device capability. Allows the user to select one or many of
// a set of options.
message SelectCapability {

  // A user-selectable option of the vendor capability.
  message Option {

    // A single string that represents the value of this option. This value
    // will be used in the VendorTicketItem.value field (required).
    optional string value = 1;

    // Non-localized user-friendly string to represent this option.
    // New CDDs should use display_name_localized instead. It is required that
    // either display_name or display_name_localized is set.
    optional string display_name = 2;

    // Whether this option is the default option. Only one option should be
    // marked as default.
    optional bool is_default = 3 [default = false];

    // Translations of display name of the option.
    // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
    repeated LocalizedString display_name_localized = 4;
  }

  // List of options available for this capability.
  repeated Option option = 1;
}

// Message that stores capability information specific to typed-value-based
// capabilities.
message TypedValueCapability {
  enum ValueType {
    BOOLEAN = 0;
    FLOAT = 1;
    INTEGER = 2;
    STRING = 3;
  }

  // Type of data of the typed-value capability (required).
  optional ValueType value_type = 1;
  // Default value of the typed-value capability.
  optional string default = 2;
}

// Capability that defines the color options available on a device.
message Color {
  enum Type {
    STANDARD_COLOR = 0;
    STANDARD_MONOCHROME = 1;
    CUSTOM_COLOR = 2;
    CUSTOM_MONOCHROME = 3;
    AUTO = 4;
  }

  message Option {
    // ID to help vendor identify the color option (required for options of type
    // CUSTOM_COLOR and CUSTOM_MONOCHROME).
    optional string vendor_id = 1;

    // Type of color option used in UIs to differentiate color and non-color
    // options (required). Note that there can be any number of options of type
    // CUSTOM_COLOR and CUSTOM_MONOCHROME, but there should be at most one
    // option of each of the other types.
    optional Type type = 2;

    // Non-localized user-friendly string that represents this option.
    // New CDDs should use custom_display_name_localized instead. It is required
    // that either custom_display_name or custom_display_name_localized is set
    // for options of type CUSTOM_COLOR and CUSTOM_MONOCHROME. Options of each
    // of the other types will have their display name localized by the server.
    optional string custom_display_name = 3;

    // Whether this option should be selected by default. Only one option
    // should be set as default.
    optional bool is_default = 4 [default = false];

    // Translations of custom display name of the option.
    // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
    repeated LocalizedString custom_display_name_localized = 5;
  }

  repeated Option option = 1;
}

// Capability that defines the duplexing options available on a device.
message Duplex {
  enum Type {
    NO_DUPLEX = 0;
    LONG_EDGE = 1;
    SHORT_EDGE = 2;
  }

  message Option {
    optional Type type = 1 [default = NO_DUPLEX];
    optional bool is_default = 2 [default = false];
  }

  repeated Option option = 1;
}

// Capability that defines the page orientation options available on a device.
message PageOrientation {
  enum Type {
    PORTRAIT = 0;
    LANDSCAPE = 1;
    AUTO = 2;
  }

  message Option {
    // Type of page orientation (required).
    optional Type type = 1;
    optional bool is_default = 2 [default = false];
  }

  repeated Option option = 1;
}

// Capability that defines a default and maximum value for multiple copies on a
// device.
message Copies {
  optional int32 default = 1;
  optional int32 max = 2;
}

// Capability that defines the margins available on a device (including a custom
// one). Margins are measured in microns.
message Margins {
  // Enumerates the set of predefined types of margins. Devices should use these
  // types to semantically describe the margins option. This type will be used
  // for UI purposes only.
  enum Type {
    BORDERLESS = 0;
    STANDARD = 1;
    CUSTOM = 2;
  }

  message Option {
    // Type of margin option (required).
    optional Type type = 1;

    // Top margin of the page (required).
    optional int32 top_microns = 2;

    // Right margin of the page (required).
    optional int32 right_microns = 3;

    // Bottom margin of the page (required).
    optional int32 bottom_microns = 4;

    // Left margin of the page (required).
    optional int32 left_microns = 5;

    optional bool is_default = 6 [default = false];
  }

  repeated Option option = 1;
}

// Capability that defines the 2D image quality levels available on a device.
message Dpi {
  message Option {
    // Horizontal DPI (required).
    optional int32 horizontal_dpi = 1;

    // Vertical DPI (required).
    optional int32 vertical_dpi = 2;

    optional bool is_default = 3 [default = false];

    // Non-localized custom display name to override the default display name
    // which consists of "{$horizontal_dpi}x{$vertical_dpi} dpi".
    // New CDDs should use custom_display_name_localized instead.
    optional string custom_display_name = 4;

    // Vendor-provided ID for the dpi option. Used to disambiguate dpi options
    // that may have the same horizontal and vertical dpi but a different effect
    // on the printer.
    optional string vendor_id = 5;

    // Translations of custom display name of the option, if empty,
    // "{$horizontal_dpi}x{$vertical_dpi} dpi" will be used. If not empty, must
    // contain an entry with locale == EN.
    repeated LocalizedString custom_display_name_localized = 6;
  }

  repeated Option option = 1;
  optional int32 min_horizontal_dpi = 2;
  optional int32 max_horizontal_dpi = 3;
  optional int32 min_vertical_dpi = 4;
  optional int32 max_vertical_dpi = 5;
}

// Capability that defines the page fitting options available on a device.
message FitToPage {
  // Enumeration of page fitting algorithms. The "page" is defined as the media
  // size minus any given margins.
  enum Type {
    NO_FITTING = 0;
    FIT_TO_PAGE = 1;
    GROW_TO_PAGE = 2;
    SHRINK_TO_PAGE = 3;
    FILL_PAGE = 4;
  }

  message Option {
    // Type of fitting algorithm (required).
    optional Type type = 1;
    optional bool is_default = 2 [default = false];
  }

  repeated Option option = 1;
}

// Capability that defines a default page-range selection on a device.
message PageRange {

  // Interval of pages in the document to print.
  message Interval {
    // Beginning of the interval (inclusive) (required).
    optional int32 start = 1;

    // End of the interval (inclusive). If not set, then the interval will
    // include all available pages after start.
    optional int32 end = 2;
  }

  repeated Interval default = 1;
}

// Capability that defines the media sizes available on a device.
message MediaSize {
  // Enumeration of media size names. This is used for UI purposes.
  enum Name {
    CUSTOM = 0;

    // North American standard sheet media names.
    NA_INDEX_3X5 = 100;
    NA_PERSONAL = 101;
    NA_MONARCH = 102;
    NA_NUMBER_9 = 103;
    NA_INDEX_4X6 = 104;
    NA_NUMBER_10 = 105;
    NA_A2 = 106;
    NA_NUMBER_11 = 107;
    NA_NUMBER_12 = 108;
    NA_5X7 = 109;
    NA_INDEX_5X8 = 110;
    NA_NUMBER_14 = 111;
    NA_INVOICE = 112;
    NA_INDEX_4X6_EXT = 113;
    NA_6X9 = 114;
    NA_C5 = 115;
    NA_7X9 = 116;
    NA_EXECUTIVE = 117;
    NA_GOVT_LETTER = 118;
    NA_GOVT_LEGAL = 119;
    NA_QUARTO = 120;
    NA_LETTER = 121;
    NA_FANFOLD_EUR = 122;
    NA_LETTER_PLUS = 123;
    NA_FOOLSCAP = 124;
    NA_LEGAL = 125;
    NA_SUPER_A = 126;
    NA_9X11 = 127;
    NA_ARCH_A = 128;
    NA_LETTER_EXTRA = 129;
    NA_LEGAL_EXTRA = 130;
    NA_10X11 = 131;
    NA_10X13 = 132;
    NA_10X14 = 133;
    NA_10X15 = 134;
    NA_11X12 = 135;
    NA_EDP = 136;
    NA_FANFOLD_US = 137;
    NA_11X15 = 138;
    NA_LEDGER = 139;
    NA_EUR_EDP = 140;
    NA_ARCH_B = 141;
    NA_12X19 = 142;
    NA_B_PLUS = 143;
    NA_SUPER_B = 144;
    NA_C = 145;
    NA_ARCH_C = 146;
    NA_D = 147;
    NA_ARCH_D = 148;
    NA_ASME_F = 149;
    NA_WIDE_FORMAT = 150;
    NA_E = 151;
    NA_ARCH_E = 152;
    NA_F = 153;

    // Chinese standard sheet media size names.
    ROC_16K = 200;
    ROC_8K = 201;
    PRC_32K = 202;
    PRC_1 = 203;
    PRC_2 = 204;
    PRC_4 = 205;
    PRC_5 = 206;
    PRC_8 = 207;
    PRC_6 = 208;
    PRC_3 = 209;
    PRC_16K = 210;
    PRC_7 = 211;
    OM_JUURO_KU_KAI = 212;
    OM_PA_KAI = 213;
    OM_DAI_PA_KAI = 214;
    PRC_10 = 215;

    // ISO standard sheet media size names.
    ISO_A10 = 301;
    ISO_A9 = 302;
    ISO_A8 = 303;
    ISO_A7 = 304;
    ISO_A6 = 305;
    ISO_A5 = 306;
    ISO_A5_EXTRA = 307;
    ISO_A4 = 308;
    ISO_A4_TAB = 309;
    ISO_A4_EXTRA = 310;
    ISO_A3 = 311;
    ISO_A4X3 = 312;
    ISO_A4X4 = 313;
    ISO_A4X5 = 314;
    ISO_A4X6 = 315;
    ISO_A4X7 = 316;
    ISO_A4X8 = 317;
    ISO_A4X9 = 318;
    ISO_A3_EXTRA = 319;
    ISO_A2 = 320;
    ISO_A3X3 = 321;
    ISO_A3X4 = 322;
    ISO_A3X5 = 323;
    ISO_A3X6 = 324;
    ISO_A3X7 = 325;
    ISO_A1 = 326;
    ISO_A2X3 = 327;
    ISO_A2X4 = 328;
    ISO_A2X5 = 329;
    ISO_A0 = 330;
    ISO_A1X3 = 331;
    ISO_A1X4 = 332;
    ISO_2A0 = 333;
    ISO_A0X3 = 334;
    ISO_B10 = 335;
    ISO_B9 = 336;
    ISO_B8 = 337;
    ISO_B7 = 338;
    ISO_B6 = 339;
    ISO_B6C4 = 340;
    ISO_B5 = 341;
    ISO_B5_EXTRA = 342;
    ISO_B4 = 343;
    ISO_B3 = 344;
    ISO_B2 = 345;
    ISO_B1 = 346;
    ISO_B0 = 347;
    ISO_C10 = 348;
    ISO_C9 = 349;
    ISO_C8 = 350;
    ISO_C7 = 351;
    ISO_C7C6 = 352;
    ISO_C6 = 353;
    ISO_C6C5 = 354;
    ISO_C5 = 355;
    ISO_C4 = 356;
    ISO_C3 = 357;
    ISO_C2 = 358;
    ISO_C1 = 359;
    ISO_C0 = 360;
    ISO_DL = 361;
    ISO_RA2 = 362;
    ISO_SRA2 = 363;
    ISO_RA1 = 364;
    ISO_SRA1 = 365;
    ISO_RA0 = 366;
    ISO_SRA0 = 367;

    // Japanese standard sheet media size names.
    JIS_B10 = 400;
    JIS_B9 = 401;
    JIS_B8 = 402;
    JIS_B7 = 403;
    JIS_B6 = 404;
    JIS_B5 = 405;
    JIS_B4 = 406;
    JIS_B3 = 407;
    JIS_B2 = 408;
    JIS_B1 = 409;
    JIS_B0 = 410;
    JIS_EXEC = 411;
    JPN_CHOU4 = 412;
    JPN_HAGAKI = 413;
    JPN_YOU4 = 414;
    JPN_CHOU2 = 415;
    JPN_CHOU3 = 416;
    JPN_OUFUKU = 417;
    JPN_KAHU = 418;
    JPN_KAKU2 = 419;

    // Other metric standard sheet media size names.
    OM_SMALL_PHOTO = 500;
    OM_ITALIAN = 501;
    OM_POSTFIX = 502;
    OM_LARGE_PHOTO = 503;
    OM_FOLIO = 504;
    OM_FOLIO_SP = 505;
    OM_INVITE = 506;
  }

  message Option {
    optional Name name = 1 [default = CUSTOM];
    // Both of the fields ("width_microns" and "height_microns") are required
    // if "is_continuous_feed" is set to false. If "is_continuous_feed" is set
    // to true only one of these fields is required.
    optional int32 width_microns = 2;
    optional int32 height_microns = 3;
    optional bool is_continuous_feed = 4 [default = false];
    optional bool is_default = 5 [default = false];

    // Non-localized user-friendly string that represents this option.
    // New CDDs should use custom_display_name_localized instead. It is required
    // that either custom_display_name or custom_display_name_localized is set
    // for options whose "name" field is CUSTOM.
    optional string custom_display_name = 6;

    // Vendor-provided ID for the media size option. Used to disambiguate media
    // sizes that may have the same width and height but a different effect on
    // the printer.
    optional string vendor_id = 7;

    // Translations of custom display name of the option.
    // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
    repeated LocalizedString custom_display_name_localized = 8;
  }

  repeated Option option = 1;
  optional int32 max_width_microns = 2;
  optional int32 max_height_microns = 3;
  optional int32 min_width_microns = 4;
  optional int32 min_height_microns = 5;
}

// Capability that defines the default collation setting on a device.
message Collate {
  optional bool default = 1 [default = true];
}

// Capability that defines the default reverse-printing-order setting on a
// device.
message ReverseOrder {
  optional bool default = 1 [default = false];
}

// A localized human-readable string translated to a specific locale.
// It is recommended to include translations of custom strings only for locales
// for which significant use of the device can be expected. If the translation
// of a custom string for a user's language and country (e.g. ZH_TW) is not
// present, GCP will display the translation for the base language (e.g. ZH).
// If neither translation is present, the translation for EN (which is required
// in every list of localized strings) will be displayed.
message LocalizedString {
  // Locale that the string is translated to (required).
  optional Locale locale = 1;
  // Translated content of the string (required).
  optional string value = 2;

  enum Locale {
    AF = 0;
    AM = 1;
    AR = 2;
    AR_XB = 3;
    BG = 4;
    BN = 5;
    CA = 6;
    CS = 7;
    CY = 8;
    DA = 9;
    DE = 10;
    DE_AT = 11;
    DE_CH = 12;
    EL = 13;
    EN = 14;
    EN_GB = 15;
    EN_IE = 16;
    EN_IN = 17;
    EN_SG = 18;
    EN_XA = 19;
    EN_XC = 20;
    EN_ZA = 21;
    ES = 22;
    ES_419 = 23;
    ES_AR = 24;
    ES_BO = 25;
    ES_CL = 26;
    ES_CO = 27;
    ES_CR = 28;
    ES_DO = 29;
    ES_EC = 30;
    ES_GT = 31;
    ES_HN = 32;
    ES_MX = 33;
    ES_NI = 34;
    ES_PA = 35;
    ES_PE = 36;
    ES_PR = 37;
    ES_PY = 38;
    ES_SV = 39;
    ES_US = 40;
    ES_UY = 41;
    ES_VE = 42;
    ET = 43;
    EU = 44;
    FA = 45;
    FI = 46;
    FR = 47;
    FR_CA = 48;
    FR_CH = 49;
    GL = 50;
    GU = 51;
    HE = 52;
    HI = 53;
    HR = 54;
    HU = 55;
    HY = 56;
    ID = 57;
    IN = 58;
    IT = 59;
    JA = 60;
    KA = 61;
    KM = 62;
    KN = 63;
    KO = 64;
    LN = 65;
    LO = 66;
    LT = 67;
    LV = 68;
    ML = 69;
    MO = 70;
    MR = 71;
    MS = 72;
    NB = 73;
    NE = 74;
    NL = 75;
    NO = 76;
    PL = 77;
    PT = 78;
    PT_BR = 79;
    PT_PT = 80;
    RM = 81;
    RO = 82;
    RU = 83;
    SK = 84;
    SL = 85;
    SR = 86;
    SR_LATN = 87;
    SV = 88;
    SW = 89;
    TA = 90;
    TE = 91;
    TH = 92;
    TL = 93;
    TR = 94;
    UK = 95;
    UR = 96;
    VI = 97;
    ZH = 98;
    ZH_CN = 99;
    ZH_HK = 100;
    ZH_TW = 101;
    ZU = 102;
  }
}

CDD Example

Here's an example of what a CDD could look like for a "typical" inkjet printer that supports color, printing multiple copies, and multiple page sizes and that can support natively printing PDFs, JPEGs, and plain text:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "printer": {
    "supported_content_type": [
      {"content_type": "application/pdf", "min_version": "1.5"},
      {"content_type": "image/jpeg"},
      {"content_type": "text/plain"}
    ],
    "input_tray_unit": [
      {
        "vendor_id": "tray",
        "type": "INPUT_TRAY"
      }
    ],
    "marker": [
      {
        "vendor_id": "black",
        "type": "INK",
        "color": {"type": "BLACK"}
      },
      {
        "vendor_id": "color",
        "type": "INK",
        "color": {"type": "COLOR"}
      }
    ],
    "cover": [
      {
        "vendor_id": "front",
        "type": "CUSTOM",
        "custom_display_name": "front cover"
      }
    ],
    "vendor_capability": [],
    "color": {
      "option": [
        {"type": "STANDARD_MONOCHROME"},
        {"type": "STANDARD_COLOR", "is_default": true},
        {
          "vendor_id": "ultra-color",
          "type": "CUSTOM_COLOR",
          "custom_display_name": "Best Color"
        }
      ]
    },
    "copies": {
      "default": 1,
      "max": 100
    },
    "media_size": {
      "option": [
        {
          "name": "ISO_A4",
          "width_microns": 210000,
          "height_microns": 297000,
          "is_default": true
        },
        {
          "name": "NA_LEGAL",
          "width_microns": 215900,
          "height_microns": 355600
        },
        {
          "name": "NA_LETTER",
          "width_microns": 215900,
          "height_microns": 279400
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cloud Job Ticket

After a user makes a selection and configures the values of the device's capabilities to prepare a print job, a Cloud Job Ticket, or "ticket" for short, is constructed to instruct the printer or other device on how to handle the job. This ticket is sent from the printing client (e.g. mobile phone application) to the cloud service (e.g. GCP) and stored together with the job data. Like CDD, CJT is broken up into device-specific sections. For example, there are separate sections of ticket items concerned with printers and those concerned with scanners. Here is the protobuf definition of a CJT:

// Description of how a cloud job (e.g. print job, scan job) should be handled
// by the cloud device. Also known as CJT.
message CloudJobTicket {

  // Version of the CJT in the form "X.Y" where changes to Y are backwards
  // compatible, and changes to X are not (required).
  optional string version = 1;

  // Section of CJT pertaining to cloud printer ticket items.
  optional PrintTicketSection print = 101;

  // Section of CJT pertaining to cloud scanner ticket items.
  optional ScanTicketSection scan = 102;
}

Print Ticket Section

The print ticket section of the CJT describes how a print job should be handled by a cloud-connected printer. Here is the protobuf definition of the print ticket section:

// Section of a CJT which describes how a print job should be handled by a
// cloud-connected printer.
message PrintTicketSection {
  repeated VendorTicketItem vendor_ticket_item = 1;
  optional ColorTicketItem color = 2;
  optional DuplexTicketItem duplex = 3;
  optional PageOrientationTicketItem page_orientation = 4;
  optional CopiesTicketItem copies = 5;
  optional MarginsTicketItem margins = 6;
  optional DpiTicketItem dpi = 7;
  optional FitToPageTicketItem fit_to_page = 8;
  optional PageRangeTicketItem page_range = 9;
  optional MediaSizeTicketItem media_size = 10;
  optional CollateTicketItem collate = 11;
  optional ReverseOrderTicketItem reverse_order = 12;
}

// Ticket item indicating what value for a vendor-specific capability to use.
message VendorTicketItem {
  // ID of vendor-specific capability that this ticket item refers to
  // (required).
  optional string id = 1;

  // Value of ticket item (required).
  optional string value = 2;
}

// Ticket item indicating which color option to use.
message ColorTicketItem {
  // Vendor ID of the color (required if the type is CUSTOM_COLOR or
  // CUSTOM_MONOCHROME).
  optional string vendor_id = 1;

  // Type of the color (required).
  optional Color.Type type = 2;
}

// Ticket item indicating which duplexing option to use.
message DuplexTicketItem {
  // Type of duplexing (required).
  optional Duplex.Type type = 1;
}

// Ticket item indicating which page orientation option to use.
message PageOrientationTicketItem {
  // Page orientation type (required).
  optional PageOrientation.Type type = 1;
}

// Ticket item indicating how many copies to produce.
message CopiesTicketItem {
  // Number of copies to print (required).
  optional int32 copies = 1;
}

// Ticket item indicating what margins to use (in microns).
message MarginsTicketItem {
  // Top margin of the page (required).
  optional int32 top_microns = 1;

  // Top margin of the page (required).
  optional int32 right_microns = 2;

  // Top margin of the page (required).
  optional int32 bottom_microns = 3;

  // Top margin of the page (required).
  optional int32 left_microns = 4;
}

// Ticket item indicating what image resolution to use.
message DpiTicketItem {
  // Horizontal DPI to print at (required).
  optional int32 horizontal_dpi = 1;

  // Vertical DPI to print at (required).
  optional int32 vertical_dpi = 2;

  // Vendor-provided ID of the Dpi option. Needed to disambiguate Dpi options
  // that have the same DPI values, but may have a different effect for the
  // printer.
  optional string vendor_id = 3;
}

// Ticket item indicating what page-fitting algorithm to use.
message FitToPageTicketItem {
  // Type of page fitting (required).
  optional FitToPage.Type type = 1;
}

// Ticket item indicating what pages to use.
message PageRangeTicketItem {
  repeated PageRange.Interval interval = 1;
}

// Ticket item indicating what media size to use.
message MediaSizeTicketItem {
  // Width (in microns) of the media to print to.
  optional int32 width_microns = 1;

  // Height (in microns) of the media to print to.
  optional int32 height_microns = 2;

  // Whether the media size selection is continuously fed. If false, both width
  // and height must be set. If true, only one need be set.
  optional bool is_continuous_feed = 3 [default = false];

  // Vendor-provided ID of the MediaSize option. Needed to disambiguate media
  // sizes that may have the same width and height, but may have a different
  // effect for the printer.
  optional string vendor_id = 4;
}

// Ticket item indicating whether to collate pages.
message CollateTicketItem {
  // Whether to print collated (required).
  optional bool collate = 1;
}

// Ticket item indicating whether to print in reverse.
message ReverseOrderTicketItem {
  // Whether to print in reverse (required).
  optional bool reverse_order = 1;
}

CJT Example

Here is a sample ticket produced for the "typical printer" CDD example above:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "print": {
    "vendor_ticket_item": [],
    "color": {"type": "STANDARD_MONOCHROME"},
    "copies": {"copies": 3}
  }
}

We will soon add a web tool to translate print tickets in CJT format into native ticket formats (JSON for PPD and a psf:PrintTicket document for XPS).

Cloud Device State

The entire state of the device is represented by a CloudDeviceState message. Devices of different types utilize different sections of this message. Multifunctional devices can use several or all of the defined sections. More sections are expected to be added in the future as Cloud Print expands the set of device types it supports.

// Represents the entire cloud-connected device state.
message CloudDeviceState {

  // Supported device states.
  enum StateType {

    // Device is ready to accept jobs. Self-testing, low power and all other
    // states in which the device can start processing newly submitted jobs
    // without user intervention should be mapped into this state.
    IDLE = 0;

    // Processing jobs (e.g. printing).
    PROCESSING = 1;

    // Device cannot process jobs. User should fix the problem to resume the
    // processing (e.g. printer is out of paper).
    STOPPED = 2;
  }

  // Device cloud connectivity state.
  enum CloudConnectionStateType {
    UNKNOWN = 0;
    NOT_CONFIGURED = 1;
    ONLINE = 2;
    OFFLINE = 3;
  }

  // Version of the CDS in the form "X.Y" where changes to Y are backwards
  // compatible, and changes to X are not (required).
  optional string version = 1;

  // Whether device is connected to the server. It is not intended to be
  // reported by the device, it's set by the server.
  optional CloudConnectionStateType cloud_connection_state = 2;

  // Defined for devices with printing capabilities.
  optional PrinterStateSection printer = 3;

  // Defined for devices with scanning capabilities.
  optional ScannerStateSection scanner = 4;
}

Printer State Section

Devices with printing capabilities use this section to reflect the state of the printing unit.

// Represents the printer state.
message PrinterStateSection {

  // Current printer state (required).
  optional CloudDeviceState.StateType state = 1;

  // State of the input trays.
  optional InputTrayState input_tray_state = 2;

  // State of the output bins.
  optional OutputBinState output_bin_state = 3;

  // State of the markers.
  optional MarkerState marker_state = 4;

  // State of the printer doors/covers/etc.
  optional CoverState cover_state = 5;

  // State of the printer media paths.
  optional MediaPathState media_path_state = 6;

  // Vendor-specific printer state.
  optional VendorState vendor_state = 101;
}

// State of the device's input trays.
message InputTrayState {

  message Item {

    enum StateType {
      // Tray is functional.
      OK = 0;
      // Tray is out of media. Treated as error.
      EMPTY = 1;
      // Tray is open. Treated as error.
      OPEN = 2;
      // Tray is installed, but turned off or disconnected. Treated as error.
      OFF = 3;
      // Tray is present, but not functioning properly. Treated as error.
      FAILURE = 4;
    }

    // ID of the tray (refers to CDD model) (required).
    optional string vendor_id = 1;

    // Current tray state (required).
    optional StateType state = 2;
    // Loaded media level, percent. Ranges from 0 (empty) to 100 (fully loaded).
    optional int32 level_percent = 3;
    // Vendor-specific message, ignored when state == OK.
    optional string vendor_message = 101;
  }

  repeated Item item = 1;
}

// State of the device's output bins.
message OutputBinState {

  message Item {

    enum StateType {
      // Bin is functional.
      OK = 0;
      // Bin is full and cannot receive any more output. Treated as error.
      FULL = 1;
      // Bin is open. Treated as error.
      OPEN = 2;
      // Bin is installed, but turned off or disconnected. Treated as error.
      OFF = 3;
      // Bin is present, but not functioning properly. Treated as error.
      FAILURE = 4;
    }

    // ID of the bin (refers to CDD model) (required).
    optional string vendor_id = 1;

    // Current bin state (required).
    optional StateType state = 2;
    // Used space, percent. Ranges from 0 (empty) to 100 (full).
    optional int32 level_percent = 3;
    // Vendor-specific message, ignored when state == OK.
    optional string vendor_message = 101;
  }

  repeated Item item = 1;
}

// State of the device markers (toner/ink/staples/etc).
message MarkerState {

  message Item {

    enum StateType {
      // Marker is functional.
      OK = 0;
      // Marker resource is exhausted. Treated as error.
      EXHAUSTED = 1;
      // Marker is removed. Treated as error.
      REMOVED = 2;
      // Marker is present, but not functioning properly. Treated as error.
      FAILURE = 3;
    }

    // ID of the marker (refers to CDD model) (required).
    optional string vendor_id = 1;

    // Current marker state (required).
    optional StateType state = 2;
    // Marker supply amount, percent. Ranges from 0 to 100.
    optional int32 level_percent = 3;
    // Estimated number of pages for which the marker supply amount will last.
    optional int32 level_pages = 4;
    // Vendor-specific message, ignored when state == OK.
    optional string vendor_message = 101;
  }

  repeated Item item = 1;
}

// State of the device covers (door/cover/etc).
message CoverState {

  message Item {

    enum StateType {
      // Default cover state (closed, does not need any attention).
      OK = 0;
      // Cover is open. Treated as error.
      OPEN = 1;
      // Cover is not functioning properly. Treated as error.
      FAILURE = 2;
    }

    // ID of the cover (refers to CDD model) (required).
    optional string vendor_id = 1;

    // Current cover state (required).
    optional StateType state = 2;
    // Vendor-specific message, ignored when state == OK.
    optional string vendor_message = 101;
  }

  repeated Item item = 1;
}

// State of the device media paths.
message MediaPathState {

  message Item {

    enum StateType {
      // Path is functioning.
      OK = 0;
      // Media is jammed. Treated as error.
      MEDIA_JAM = 1;
      // Path is present, but not functioning properly. Treated as error.
      FAILURE = 2;
    }

    // ID of the media path (refers to CDD model) (required).
    optional string vendor_id = 1;

    // Current state (required).
    optional StateType state = 2;
    // Vendor-specific message, ignored when state == OK.
    optional string vendor_message = 101;
  }

  repeated Item item = 1;
}

Note: As indicated in the comment for each vendor_id field in the protobuf definitions above, the vendor ID of each state item for a physical unit in a CDS message must match the vendor ID of a corresponding physical unit in the CDD.

// Vendor-specific state.
message VendorState {

  message Item {

    enum StateType {
      ERROR = 0;
      WARNING = 1;
      INFO = 2;
    }

    // Severity of the state (required).
    optional StateType state = 1;
    // Non-localized user-readable state description.
    // New vendor state items should use description_localized instead. It is
    // required that either description or description_localized is set.
    optional string description = 2;
    // Translations of state description.
    // If not empty, must contain an entry with locale == EN.
    repeated LocalizedString description_localized = 3;
  }

  repeated Item item = 1;
}

Note: It is encouraged to omit periods from the end of vendor messages whenever possible for consistency with the localized messages produced from the semantic state data (e.g. "Black ink is empty").

CDS Example

Here's an example CDS for the "typical printer" from the CDD example in the case that it has an empty ink cartridge. Note the following:

  • Jobs are pending, hence the STOPPED device state.
  • The server assumes that device units whose state is not mentioned in the CDS (the input tray and front cover in this case) are in the OK state with no additional information such as "level_percent" to report.
  • The "cloud_connection_state" field is omitted; it will be set by the server in the CDS returned by the /printer and /search interfaces (if "semanticState" is requested as an extra field).
{
  "version": "1.0",
  "printer": {
    "state": "STOPPED",
    "marker_state": {
      "item": [
        {
          "vendor_id": "black",
          "state": "EXHAUSTED",
          "level_percent": 0
        },
        {
          "vendor_id": "color",
          "state": "OK",
          "level_percent": 88,
          "level_pages": 100
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

CDS Diff Interpretation

The parameter semantic_state_diff of the /update interface is provided as a regular CloudDeviceState message as defined above, but it is interpreted as a "diff" on the CDS stored for the printer, as follows.

  • Fields omitted in the diff are not changed in the original CDS.
  • Nested message fields within PrinterStateSection and ScannerStateSection that are provided with empty values (e.g. "marker_state": {}) are removed.
  • Fields of primitive or enum type and nested message fields that are provided with nonempty values are added or changed.
  • The "version" field can always be omitted when using the "semantic_state_diff" parameter. When it is omitted and the printer did not previously have its CDS set, the Cloud Print server will assume the provided diff is using the latest version and it will set the version field accordingly.

Cloud Device UI State

The CDS format does not immediately lend itself to meaningful display of device state to users, so a "UI state" format is available to be returned by requesting "uiState" as an extra field. The protobuf definition of the format appears below.

// Represents a cloud device's state in a form convenient for display in a UI.
message CloudDeviceUiState {

  enum Summary {
    IDLE = 0;
    PROCESSING = 1;
    STOPPED = 2;
    OFFLINE = 3;
  }

  enum Severity {
    NONE = 0;
    LOW = 1;
    MEDIUM = 2;
    HIGH = 3;
  }

  // Device state summary (required).
  optional Summary summary = 1 [default = IDLE];

  // Overall severity (error level) of the device state (required).
  // Must only be HIGH in the case that the device is STOPPED.
  optional Severity severity = 2 [default = NONE];

  // In the descriptions of the following three fields, "CDS is nontrivial"
  // means that CDS is present and there is at least one state item in its
  // PrinterStateSection or ScannerStateSection which is "interesting" enough
  // to produce a UI state item for.

  // Number of issues detected.
  // Present if and only if CDS is nontrivial.
  optional int32 num_issues = 3 [default = 0];

  // Heuristically determined most relevant message from a state item.
  // Present if and only if CDS is nontrivial, the device is not OFFLINE, and
  // the maximum severity of a state item is at least MEDIUM if the device is
  // IDLE or PROCESSING, or at least LOW if the device is STOPPED.
  optional string caption = 4;

  // State items specific to the printing capability of the device.
  // Present if and only if CDS is nontrivial and this CloudDeviceUiState object
  // is being returned in a single printer lookup or in a recent printer search.
  optional PrinterUiStateSection printer = 5;
}

// Contains one UI state item for each CDS state item using the information
// obtained from cross-referencing the CDD.
message PrinterUiStateSection {

  // A UI state item with a severity level and either:
  // (1) a localized message and UI-displayable data from the properties and
  //     state of a particular unit of the device, or
  // (2) a possibly non-localized vendor state message.
  message Item {

    // The severity of this individual state item (required).
    optional CloudDeviceUiState.Severity severity = 1;

    // A message produced from a state item, e.g. Black ink level is 60%. This
    // message may not be localized if it is from a VendorState.Item (required).
    optional string message = 2;

    // A non-localized vendor-specific message that provides additional
    // information about the state of the device unit described by this item.
    optional string vendor_message = 3;

    // The fullness level of an input tray, output bin or marker.
    optional int32 level_percent = 4;

    // The color of a marker.
    optional cloudprint.capabilities.Marker.Color.Type color = 5;
  }

  repeated Item vendor_item = 1;
  repeated Item input_tray_item = 2;
  repeated Item output_bin_item = 3;
  repeated Item marker_item = 4;
  repeated Item cover_item = 5;
  repeated Item media_path_item = 6;
}

CloudDeviceUiState Examples

Here's the CloudDeviceUiState message that would be produced from the example CDS above by the /search interface (for an English locale). This is the lightweight form of CloudDeviceUiState.

{
  "summary": "STOPPED",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "num_issues": 1,
  "caption": "Ink is empty"
}

Here's the CloudDeviceUiState message that would be produced from the same CDS by the /printer interface (for an English locale). This full form of CloudDeviceUiState is computed by cross-referencing the state items in the CDS with the physical units described in the CDD using the vendor ID.

{
  "summary": "STOPPED",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "num_issues": 1,
  "caption": "Black ink is empty",
  "printer": {
    "marker_item": [
      {
        "severity": "MEDIUM",
        "message": "Black ink is empty",
        "color": "BLACK"
      },
      {
        "severity": "NONE",
        "message": "Color ink level is 88% – 100 pages remaining",
        "level_percent": 88,
        "color": "COLOR"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Click here to see how this printer would be rendered in GCP's management page as of April 29, 2014.

Cloud Job State

The device-type agnostic portion of the state of a job on a cloud device is represented by a JobState message. The Type enumeration defines the basic set of states defined for the generic job life cycle. These state types are not specific to printer jobs, but may apply to jobs on any device type.

// Contains the device-agnostic state of a job on a cloud device.
message JobState {

  // Supported job state types.
  enum Type {

    // Job is being created and is not ready for processing yet.
    DRAFT = 0;

    // Submitted and ready, but should not be processed yet.
    HELD = 1;

    // Ready for processing.
    QUEUED = 2;

    // Currently being processed.
    IN_PROGRESS = 3;

    // Was in progress, but stopped due to error or user intervention.
    STOPPED = 4;

    // Processed successfully.
    DONE = 5;

    // Aborted due to error or by user action (cancelled).
    ABORTED = 6;
  }

  message UserActionCause {

    // Next number = 2.
    enum ActionCode {
      // User has cancelled the job.
      CANCELLED = 0;
      // User has paused the job.
      PAUSED = 1;
      // User has performed some other action.
      OTHER = 100;
    }

    // Code for the user action which caused the current job state (required).
    optional ActionCode action_code = 1;
  }

  message DeviceStateCause {

    // Next number = 5.
    enum ErrorCode {
      // Error due to input tray problem.
      INPUT_TRAY = 0;
      // Error due to marker problem.
      MARKER = 1;
      // Error due to a problem in the media path.
      MEDIA_PATH = 2;
      // Error due to media size problem.
      MEDIA_SIZE = 3;
      // Error due to media type problem.
      MEDIA_TYPE = 4;
      // Error due to some other device state.
      OTHER = 100;
    }

    // Error code for the device state which caused the current job state
    // (required).
    optional ErrorCode error_code = 1;
  }

  message DeviceActionCause {

    // Next number = 4.
    enum ErrorCode {
      // Error while downloading job.
      DOWNLOAD_FAILURE = 0;
      // Error due to invalid job ticket.
      INVALID_TICKET = 1;
      // A generic printing error occurred.
      PRINT_FAILURE = 2;
      // The document is too large for the printer.
      DOCUMENT_TOO_LARGE = 3;
      // Error due to some other device action.
      OTHER = 100;
    }

    // Error code for the device action which caused the current job state
    // (required).
    optional ErrorCode error_code = 1;
  }

  message ServiceActionCause {

    // Next number = 16.
    enum ErrorCode {
      COMMUNICATION_WITH_DEVICE_ERROR = 0;
      CONVERSION_ERROR = 1;
      CONVERSION_FILE_TOO_BIG = 2;
      CONVERSION_UNSUPPORTED_CONTENT_TYPE = 3;
      DELIVERY_FAILURE = 11;
      EXPIRATION = 14;
      FETCH_DOCUMENT_FORBIDDEN = 4;
      FETCH_DOCUMENT_NOT_FOUND = 5;
      GOOGLE_DRIVE_QUOTA = 15;
      INCONSISTENT_JOB = 6;
      INCONSISTENT_PRINTER = 13;
      PRINTER_DELETED = 12;
      REMOTE_JOB_NO_LONGER_EXISTS = 7;
      REMOTE_JOB_ERROR = 8;
      REMOTE_JOB_TIMEOUT = 9;
      REMOTE_JOB_ABORTED = 10;
      OTHER = 100;
    }

    // Error code for the service action which caused the current job state
    // (required).
    optional ErrorCode error_code = 1;
  }

  // Current job state type (required).
  optional Type type = 1;

  // Exactly one of the following four fields must be set if and only if the
  // state type is ABORTED or STOPPED.
  // For example:
  // - {"type": "ABORTED", "user_action_cause": {"action_code": "CANCELLED"}}
  //   interpreted as the job was cancelled by the user.
  // - {"type": "STOPPED", "device_state_cause": {"error_code": "MEDIA_PATH"}}
  //   interpreted as the job was stopped due to a temporary problem with the
  //   media path, such as paper jam (the specific cause will be discerned from
  //   the device state by the server).
  // - {"type": "ABORTED",
  //    "device_action_cause": {"error_code": "DOWNLOAD_FAILURE"}}
  //   interpreted as the job was aborted due to a download failure.

  // If present, job state was changed due to user action.
  optional UserActionCause user_action_cause = 2;

  // If present, job state was changed due to device state change.
  optional DeviceStateCause device_state_cause = 3;

  // If present, job state was changed due to device action.
  optional DeviceActionCause device_action_cause = 4;

  // If present, job state was changed due to service (Cloud Print) action.
  // Should only be set by the Cloud Print server.
  optional ServiceActionCause service_action_cause = 5;
}

Job state type transitions expected and supported by Cloud Print:

Legacy Job Status

The job state types defined above replace the legacy job status enum used in the /submit, /jobs, and /control interfaces, but the status enum is still supported for backward compatibility. The possible legacy job statuses are:
  • QUEUED: Job just added and has not yet been downloaded
  • IN_PROGRESS: Job downloaded and has been added to the client-side native printer queue
  • DONE: Job printed successfully
  • ERROR: Job cannot be printed due to an error
  • SUBMITTED: Job submitted to third-party service (only used for FedEx printer)
  • HELD: Job was successfully submitted but is pending some user action before being QUEUED

and the conditions for transitions between these statuses can be seen here.

Top-level Job State

A single device can have multiple functions (e.g. printing and scanning), but a job on such a device is performed by only one function. Therefore, there is a top-level job state format for each supported device function.

Print Job State

Print job state (PJS) is stored on the server and can be fetched by all clients with access to the job.

// Represents the current state of a print job on a cloud device.
message PrintJobState {

  // Version of the PJS in the form "X.Y" where changes to Y are backwards
  // compatible, and changes to X are not (required).
  optional string version = 1;

  // Current state of the job (required).
  optional JobState state = 2;

  // Number of successfully printed pages. Printer should use this value to
  // restart interrupted/suspended print jobs from the next page.
  // Printer can only increase the number of pages printed.
  optional int32 pages_printed = 3;

  // Number of attempts to deliver the print job.
  optional int32 delivery_attempts = 4;
}

Print Job State Diff

Cloud devices may request job state changes for any jobs that are not in a final state (DONE or ABORTED) by sending a PrintJobStateDiff message.

// Diff that can be applied to a PrintJobState message. Any omitted field will
// not be changed.
message PrintJobStateDiff {

  // New job state.
  optional JobState state = 1;

  // New number of pages printed.
  optional int32 pages_printed = 2;
}

More top-level job state formats will be added as Cloud Print supports more device functions.

PrintJobStateDiff Examples

PrintJobStateDiff message for a job that has newly entered the IN_PROGRESS state:

{
  "state": {"type": "IN_PROGRESS"}
}

PrintJobStateDiff message for the same job after the first page of a multi-page document has been printed:

{
  "pages_printed": 1
}

PrintJobStateDiff message for the same job that the user cancelled while the third page was printing:

{
  "state": {
    "type": "ABORTED",
    "user_action_cause": {"action_code": "CANCELLED"}
  },
  "pages_printed": 3
}

Print Job UI State

The PrintJobState format does not immediately lend itself to meaningful display of job state to users, so a "UI state" format is returned for all jobs. The protobuf definition of the format appears below.

// Represents a print job's state in a form convenient for display in a UI.
message PrintJobUiState {

  enum Summary {
    DRAFT = 0;
    QUEUED = 1;
    IN_PROGRESS = 2;
    PAUSED = 3;
    DONE = 4;
    CANCELLED = 5;
    ERROR = 6;
    EXPIRED = 7;
  }

  // Job state summary (required).
  optional Summary summary = 1;

  // Localized string describing the progress of the job, e.g. the number of
  // attempts to deliver it or the number of pages which have been printed.
  optional string progress = 2;

  // Localized string describing the cause of an abnormal state of the job.
  optional string cause = 3;
}

PrintJobUiState Examples

Here's the PrintJobUiState message for a job while the second page of a 4-page document is being printed.

{
  "summary": "IN_PROGRESS",
  "progress": "Pages printed: 1 of 4"
}

Here's the PrintJobUiState message for the same job if the user cancelled the job on the printer's UI after the third page had printed but before the fourth page had finished printing.

{
  "summary": "CANCELLED",
  "progress": "Pages printed: 3 of 4",
  "cause": "Cancelled by user"
}

Local Settings

The user-editable settings that do not change with normal use of the device are communicated to and from the Cloud Print server in the following format:

// Contains current and pending local settings.
message LocalSettings {

  // Contains settings that do not change with normal use of the device.
  message Settings {

    // Whether Privet local discovery is enabled (required).
    optional bool local_discovery = 1;

    // Whether Privet access token API should be exposed on the local network.
    optional bool access_token_enabled = 2;

    // Whether Privet local printing API should be exposed on the local network.
    optional bool printer/local_printing_enabled = 3;

    // Whether Privet local printing may send jobs to the server for conversion.
    optional bool printer/conversion_printing_enabled = 4;

    // Number of seconds between XMPP channel pings.
    optional int32 xmpp_timeout_value = 5;
  }

  // Current local settings.
  // Required (for GCP 2.0) to be provided by the device via the /register
  // interface. Should be provided or confirmed by the device via the /update
  // interface as necessary. Prohibited to be provided by clients. Always
  // present in the local_settings field returned by the /printer interface.
  optional Settings current = 1;

  // Pending local settings.
  // Prohibited to be provided by the device. Provided by clients via the
  // /update interface. Present in the local_settings field returned by the
  // /printer interface if a client has provided pending local settings but the
  // device has not yet confirmed them as current.
  optional Settings pending = 2;
}

Local Settings Examples

Example local_settings parameter value provided by the device to the /register or /update interface:

{
  "current": {
    "local_discovery": true,
    "access_token_enabled": true,
    "printer/local_printing_enabled": true,
    "printer/conversion_printing_enabled": true,
    "xmpp_timeout_value": 300
  }
}

Example local_settings parameter value provided by a client to the /update interface:

{
  "pending": {
    "local_discovery": true,
    "access_token_enabled": true,
    "printer/local_printing_enabled": false,
    "printer/conversion_printing_enabled": false,
    "xmpp_timeout_value": 500
  }
}

Example local_settings field returned by the /printer interface before the device has confirmed the pending settings:

"local_settings": {
  "current": {
    "local_discovery": true,
    "access_token_enabled": true,
    "printer/local_printing_enabled": true,
    "printer/conversion_printing_enabled": true,
    "xmpp_timeout_value": 300
  },
  "pending": {
    "local_discovery": true,
    "access_token_enabled": true,
    "printer/local_printing_enabled": false,
    "printer/conversion_printing_enabled": false,
    "xmpp_timeout_value": 500
  }
}