Solution begs another ?
Michael Sweet
mike at easysw.com
Mon Nov 15 16:41:16 PST 2004
null wrote:
> The reason it wasn't working is because I neglected to update the PPD
> associated with the <ahem> printer to reflect the new *cupsFilter (after
> reading an unrelated tidbit from MS). After doing so, my CUPS
> environment with it's custom filter chain appears to be working. I have
> more testing to do but I digress...
>
> With today's CUPS knowledge in my cranium another question arises...
>
> If I have to do this (i.e., *cupsFilter, PPD, etc.) to get a filter
> chain to work does it not make it impossible to initiate filter
> delegation once filtering has begun (since I've had to tell it what to
> eat and how to eat it *up front*)?
>
> Michael, please tell me there's another way...
>
> Does CUPS support multiple *cupsFilter (PPD) keys?
Yes, of course. The difference is that cupsFilter attributes specify
only the source type (the destination type is always the printer
format)
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