[cups.development] [raster filter] how do I differ Print cover page and my own job in raster filter

[Jerome Alet]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:37:45PM -0700, Michael Sweet wrote:
> Kai Zhu wrote:
> > When printing a job, if 'print cover page' is selected, as you 
> know, there would be two jobs, 1 for cover page, 1 for my own job. 
> My question is, is there any way that i can get if it is 'cover 
> page' or 'my job' in raster filter? 
> 
> No.

What about CUPS setting an environment variable for filters/backends
to use, like 'JOBTYPE=JOB' or 'JOBTYPE=BANNER', just before launching
filters and backends ?

Would filing an STR for this help make this happen in a future release ?

Jerome Alet