can i merge banner onto first page?

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Sat Jul 15 07:28:16 PDT 2006


anonymous wrote:
> Can you detailing "altzernate pstops filter" ?
> 
> I googled out alternate pstops filter 1.93. 
> http://www.easysw.com/~mike/cups/links.php?V59+Q
> It's a source file for pstops filter.
> 
> Does it mean I need to recompile and install CUPS? How can the same pstops.c 
> work for all versions of CUPS?
> 
> Thanks
> George
> 
> "Helge Blischke" <h.blischke at srz.de> wrote in message 
> news:25868-cups.general at news.easysw.com...
> 
>>suppandi wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>i generally print to a network printer which staples my documents after 
>>>printing them. I use a starting banner page to identify that i printed 
>>>the document - but i feel guilty everytime i have to throw away the 
>>>(mostly) empty page. Is there a way to merge a banner onto the first page 
>>>of the printout, so i could put my name/id at the edge of the first page.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>suppandi.
>>
>>You could try the "altzernate pstops filter" and use the extend page-label
>>mechanism it provides. It is fairly easy to restrict the page label to the
>>first page then.
>>
>>Helge
>>
>>-- 
>>Helge Blischke
>>Softwareentwicklung
>>SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
>>http://www.srz.de 
> 
> 
> 

Yes, you need to recompile. But, if you give me your e-mail address and tell me
on what system you need it, I might be able to send you a binary (Solaris 9, Linux
2.6.11-1.27_FC3smp, SunOS 4.1.1, UnixWare 7.1.0).

Helge


-- 
Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de




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