[cups.general] I need to insert a filter into a normal print stream.
Jerome Alet
alet at librelogiciel.com
Thu Jul 17 03:29:06 PDT 2008
Hi,
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:18:32PM -0700, Matt Allen wrote:
> One of my clients is trying to handle electronic journaling of
> their printers. Instead of having to use three layer paper they want
> to have the information sent to the printer to be duplicated to a
> file and then possibly processed.
>
> They are basically printing invoices to a Lanier printer and they
> want to have the text they are sending processed and saved to disc
> for archiving.
>
> I know CUPS has filter chains but I haven't found a way to say
> "ok, the input you get send it to this filter and then take the
> output of that filter and send it on it's merry way".
>
> So how would you be able to insert a filter in the path of the
> data stream? The lanier ppd is using foomatic but I still haven't
> found a way to slip something in the way.
>
> Any help or outlandish suggestions would be appreciated.
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?gcups.general+v:33068
The link above is certainely a good start.
Then you'll probably have something like 10 minutes of work to adapt
it to your needs.
Too bad the forum display makes attached files look ugly...
bye
Jerome Alet
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