[cups.general] Fixing the page-label option

[Tim Waugh]

Hi,

It's well-known¹ that the page-label option does not work correctly in a
variety of situations, and that its behaviour not well-defined².

Specifically, no version of CUPS correctly (or, at least, consistently)
place page labels on all combinations of PostScript-vs-PDF input and
portrait-vs-landscape orientation.  Most commonly incorrect is the
placement of page labels for landscape PDF input³.

Can there be a solution to this?  If not, what is preventing one from
existing?  Is it the switch to PDF workflow, or a problem with the
design of CUPS, or IPP, or PostScript?

What is the future of this job attribute?

Why is the PageOrientation comment not sufficient to determine the
orientation of a given document page?

Thanks,
Tim.
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¹ http://cups.org/str.php?L3414
² http://cups.org/str.php?L3563
³ http://cups.org/str.php?L3334

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