[cups.development] [RFE] STR #3207: page.log lists pages that are not printed (socket, PostScript)

[Michael Sweet]

On May 27, 2009, at 11:24 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote:
> On 26 May 2009 at 8:58, Michael Sweet wrote:
>
>>
>> [STR Closed w/o Resolution]
>>
>> Nothing we can do about it - the printer driver would need to  
>> monitor the
>> printer and only output PAGE: messages for confirmed pages. The  
>> generic
>> PostScript path is not able to do this...
>
> Mike,
>
> It's some time ago since I worked interactively with PostSCript, but  
> wasn't it ^T
> (Control+T) to let the printer report it's status?

That doesn't work on all interfaces, unfortunately.

> ALso one could redefine the
> showpage or copypage operators to "print back" information to the  
> driver to sync
> page numbers.
> ...

While we can (and often do) override showpage, getting the information  
back from the printer is often not possible.

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Michael R Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer

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