[cups.general] JobSheets printed from a different input tray
Steve Wilson
stevew at purdue.edu
Fri Sep 24 07:19:01 PDT 2010
On 09/23/2010 02:24 PM, Michael Sweet wrote:
> On Sep 23, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Helge Blischke wrote:
>> ...
>> In CUPS 1.4.x, the banner pages are generated from a data type calld
>> "application/vnd.cups-banner" and converted to PostScript by the
>> bannertops
>> filter. Unfortunately, this filter does not supply options deviating
>> from
>> the general job options.
>
> FWIW, the new banner format is used for the standard banners and the
> test page, but we don't restrict banners to this format. As before,
> you can use any format you like as long as it doesn't mind having
> strings inserted into the file in the appropriate places.
>
> More likely the issue has to do with changes to pstops in 1.4.x - the
> default PPD options are probably getting applied after the custom code
> Steve has added, leading to them being "ignored"... Small changes to
> the banner files should be enough to tell pstops where to insert the
> printer options from the PPD file.
>
From your last statement, does that mean that there's potentially some
change that I can make to my custom banner page that would allow my tray
selection to be applied after the default (or user-specified) printer
options? If so, what kind of small changes might they be?
Thanks!
Steve
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