[cups.general] Print queue to act as email queue with report as anattachment

[Helge Blischke]

Minatra, Pat H. wrote:
> I am unable to find out how to do the following:
> 
> I am in need of creating a print queue in which I can send a report and
> that report is sent as an attachment to my 'predefined" email address.
> 
> Does anyone know where I would find out how to do this?
> 
> On HP-UX we do this by manipulating a /var/spool/lpd/interface file that
> calls a Perl script that packages the report into an attachment using
> MIME LITE and then emails to the address defined in the "interface
> file".  Each print queue is for a specific email address.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated as we really need to be able to do
> this.
> 

Edit your interface file and make it conformant to the CUPS backend
calling conventions. That's all you need to do.

Helge

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