GTK Calls from CUPS Backend - Getting filename

[Michael Sweet]

Mohit Kumar wrote:
>>No, you can't do that because your backend will be running as root,
>>possibly on a different system, and not as the user that submitted
>>the job on the same system.
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>>Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
>>Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com
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> Hi Michael,
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> In this scenario, how can my backend request for a filename to which I can print? I am facing a problem where I want to request the file name to which the file should be printed from the user. Is there some property which i need to set to enable cups to send me that data too?

You could pass the filename as a job option, e.g.:

     lp -o output-filename=foo.pdf bar.jpg

Aside from that, you'll need to come up with a (network/named pipe)
protocol to communicate between your backend and a desktop
application...

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com