[cups.general] Page label overlaps output

[Michael Sweet]

On Jul 15, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Nathan Paul wrote:
>> I'm using the page-label option to generate a customized header/ 
>> footer on my documents. The header and footer sometimes overlap the  
>> printed output. Is there any solution to this? The alternate pstops  
>> filter will not work, since we have requirements to support PS1.
>
> I should also mention that although a banner page would be an  
> acceptable alternative, we need to print information in the label/ 
> banner that is acquired elsewhere in the system and is subject to  
> change. Restarting the scheduler is not an option, so I think banner  
> pages are not an option.


Keep in mind that banner pages can be any format, so you can actually  
run a filter that converts the banner page to a different format (e.g.  
PostScript) for printing, injecting data as needed.

That's actually how the CUPS 1.4 banners and test page are implemented  
now, allowing us to localize them more easily.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer