[cups.bugs] [HIGH] STR #3148: Printing options are given in thewrong order on the filter command line

Till Kamppeter till.kamppeter at gmail.com
Mon Mar 30 11:44:01 PDT 2009


Thank you for the info. Will fix it in Foomatic 4.0.1.

Is the priority order for options which do the same thing (PPD 
printer-specific options vs. CUPS generic options) described in the 
developer documentation for filters and backends?

    Till

Michael Sweet wrote:
> [STR Closed w/o Resolution]
> 
> The order of options is undefined (on purpose). Moreover, filters like
> Foomatic that choose to not use the CUPS API for option support need to
> allow PageSize, PageRegion, InputSlot, and MediaType to override the media
> option, since the more specific PPD option MUST take precedence over the
> generic IPP option.
> 
> In short, this is a Foomatic bug.
> 
> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3148
> Version: 1.3.9
> Fix Version: Will Not Fix
> 




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