[cups.development] Print job not deleting when no output from filter?

[Michael Sweet]

On Aug 9, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Tim Pushor wrote:
> ...
> thinking .. Is it possible to define a printer that uses PDF as its 
> input? If so, i could also eliminate the pdftops step, and possibly the 
> whole gross minimal PDF page output.

Yes, absolutely.  In the PPD file you'll want:

    *cupsFilter: "application/pdf 0 -"

which will tell CUPS that your "driver" accepts PDF natively.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair