[cups.general] (long) Filter script on raw printer?

[Tim Pushor]

Johannes,

Thanks for the response.

That is exactly what I was afraid of. I am going to look into creating a 
PPD for our printers here.

Thanks for the response,
Tim

Johannes Meixner wrote:

>Hello,
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>On Nov 22 16:44 Tim Pushor wrote (shortened):
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>>problem is ... cr/lf
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>"Raw" means "really raw" - i.e. no filtering or any other kind
>of data changes. If you need any kind of data conversion you
>must use a filter. For details have a look at
>http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/06/jsmeix_print-cups-filters.html
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>Regarding CUPS in general you may have a look at
>http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/05/jsmeix_print-cups-in-a-nutshell.html
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>In particular: Keep "filter" and "backend" strictly seperated.
>A filter does data conversion.
>A backend only forwards data to the destination (the printer).
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>Regards
>Johannes Meixner
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