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

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Mon Apr 14 08:58:04 PDT 2008


Jerome Alet wrote:
> 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 ?

Of course.

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