GUI to specify device dependant features

Theodoor Bongers qtb at oce.nl
Thu Jun 24 02:01:22 PDT 2004


> > > Well, somehow your printer must be told the selected device dependent
> > > features, either via PostScript
> > > code or via PJL commands. What sort of options do you think cannot be
> > > described in the PPD?
> >
> > as far as I know, it's not possible to insert string options (a username/password for example)
>
> Well, but then it is not the PostScript interpreter which is assumed to
> digest
> this information, is it?
>
> Helge

Yes, in this case it is... the device specific settings in the PostScript will be interpreted by the printer itself. Actually, some filter will read the options from it's command line (like any other CUPS filter), and inserts them into the PostScript data. I just need to deliver the options to CUPS (at the lpr commandline would be possible, with the "additional tags" tab in kprinter would be possible, but a nice GUI would be much better offcourse)

greetings,
Theodoor




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