[cups.development] osx new filter in ppd not called

[Michael Sweet]

You can't run two filters for the same MIME type.  The only reason it works on Linux is that the HP-provided filter isn't available.  On Mac OS X it is and so your filter will never be run.

On Feb 19, 2010, at 2:47 AM, atze wrote:

> hi all,
> i added a new filter for multitray handling in my ppd (hplj4000).
> 
> *APPrinterIconPath: "/Library/Printers/hp/Icons/HP LaserJet 4000 Series.icns"
> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 /Library/Printers/hp/filter/hpPostProcessing.bundle/Contents/MacOS/hpPostProcessing"
> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 trayfilter"
> 
> This works really nice on my ubuntu (cups 1.4.1) but on osx (cups 1.3.11) the filter doesn't seem to get called:
> 
> I [19/Feb/2010:11:22:14 +0100] [Job 48] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstops (PID 3366)
> I [19/Feb/2010:11:22:14 +0100] [Job 48] Started filter /Library/Printers/hp/filter/hpPostProcessing.bundle/Contents/MacOS/hpPostProcessing (PID 3367)
> I [19/Feb/2010:11:22:14 +0100] [Job 48] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/usb (PID 3368)
> 
> Does anyone know what I am missing here?
> greets, andreas.
> 
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer