PPD custom options

[franz.pfoertsch.brose]

Hello Kurt,
> Franz Pfoertsch wrote:
> > Hello
> >

> > + *JCLMailbox 0: "@PJL COMMENT CANPJL SET DEVICE=MAILBOX<0A>@PJL
> Not sure if the "COMMENT" keyword above is correct (because usually
> that means the PJL interpreter would handle the whole line as a
> comment only -- cupsaddsmb may do the same and thererfore not trans-
> late it into a *cupsJobTicket syntax.
I took this line from  PDL-Cookbook-Usermanual_1.00.pdf
@PJL COMMENT CANPJL MAILBOXNUMBER

I looked on the ppd on the samba print$-share, but there is nothing changed at the JCLMailbox lines ...

> > Now I configured the printer and published the driver with cupsaddsmb/webinterface to samba.
> > Every thing  works fine and I am really happy with it.
> >
> > Now I stopped the printer and printed something into the mailbox nr 5 and  I got the following datastream into /var/spool/cups/d....
> >
> > ---8<----
> > %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> > %cupsJobTicket: job-hold-until=no-hold
> > %cupsJobTicket: job-sheets=none,none
> > @PJL COMMENT CANPJL SET DEVICE=MAILBOX
> > @PJL COMMENT CANPJL SET MAILBOXNUMBER=5
> > %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> > %%Title: Microsoft Office Outlook - Memoformat
> > %%Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2
> > ---8<----
> >
> > No I thought I have won, but the datastream transferd to the printer looks like this:
> > ---8<----
> >
> > ESC%-12345X at PJL
> > @PJL JOB NAME = "smbprn.00000073 Microsoft Office Outlook - Memoformat" DISPLAY = "293 pfoerfr smbprn.00000073 Microsoft Office Outlook - Memoformat"
> > @PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = "293 pfoerfr smbprn.00000073 Microsoft Office Outlook - Memoformat"
> > @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = Postscript
> > %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> > %%For: (pfoerfr)
> > %%Title: (smbprn.00000073 Microsoft Office Outlook - Memoformat)
> > %RBINumCopies: 1
> > %%Pages: (atend)
> > %%BoundingBox: (atend)
> > %%EndComments
> > @PJL COMMENT CANPJL SET DEVICE=MAILBOX
> > @PJL COMMENT CANPJL SET MAILBOXNUMBER=5
> > %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> > %%Title: Microsoft Office Outlook - Memoformat
> > %%Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2
> > %%CreationDate: 10/25/2007 15:11:51
> > %%For: pfoerfr
> > %%BoundingBox: (atend)
> > %%Pages: (atend)
> > %%Orientation: Portrait
> > %%PageOrder: Ascend
> > ---8<----
> >
> > and the printer printed PJL error
> >
> > I copied the @PJL COMMENT CANPJL .. lines into the @PJL header and everything works fine.
> >
> > Now my questions
> > a) Did I make a mistake?
> > b) I that the wrong tool for the job?
> > c) Is there a bug inside of pstops
>
>
> To know for sure, one would have to see the complete PPD. The way it
> works is this:
>
> (a) you add the JCL/PJL sections to the PPD as is used by CUPS.

Please have a look at http://www.pfoertsch.net/wiki/uploads/Main/CNRC288U1.PPD.gz
> (b) cupsaddsmb converts these PJL lines into "*cupsJobTicket" lines
>     for the PPD Samba is offering to Windows clients.
This did not happen !?
> (c) once a job arrived from the Windows client, all cupsJobTicket
>     lines are re-converted into PJL header lines by CUPS.
Look at this, it is from /var/spool/cups
http://www.pfoertsch.net/wiki/uploads/Main/d00293-001.spool.gz
> (d) pstops should leave untouch all PJL header lines it sees, and
>     just pass them down the line towards the device (which is the
>     only instance in the whole process chain that knows how to correctly
>     interpret their contents).
Here is the output to the printer (devcie: file)
http://www.pfoertsch.net/wiki/uploads/Main/d00293-001.prn.gz
>
> Did you add *OrderDependency lines with the right values to _all_ your
> "*OpenUI ... *CloseUI" sections describing the PJL lines?
Please explain OrderDependency, I only used the example from the website
>
> Otherwise, you may have triggered a bug in CUPS and/or cupsaddsmb.
>
> --
> Kurt Pfeifle
> System & Network Printing Consultant ---- Linux/Unix/Windows/Samba/CUPS
> Infotec Deutschland GmbH  .....................  Hedelfinger Strasse 58
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>
a lot of regards from coburg
Franz