customize CUPS banner page

[Helge Blischke]

anonymous wrote:
> 
> I want to put real user name (rather than Linux login name) and department
> name (picked from drop-down box from PPD file) on the banner page.
> 
> I checked /usr/share/cups/banner, and I can change"Billing Info" to
> "Department Name", but is there a way to provide the value of department
> name to the banner template?
> 
> It looks like the banner template accepts IPP job attributes, is there a way
> to work around it?
> 
> Thanks

With the "alternate pstops filter", you may hack a PostScript script that
does exactly what you want. See the example which comes with the accompanying 
description.

Helge

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Helge Blischke
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