[cups.general] add header to print jobs

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,
On Dec 20 14:25 Helge Blischke wrote (excerpt):
> Vincent R.  wrote:
>>
>> I am facing a problem that is: we send print jobs to a print server which
>> handle the layouts to use based on the print queue sent.
>>
>> for example : we send a print job from a third party software. CUPS should
>> then add an header of 10 lines containing on first line the print queue +
>> the printjob-ID. the 9 remaining lines should contain a 0 (zero) as first
>> character. based on this the print server knows what template to use.
>>
>> is there a way to modify the way cups forward the job to the print server
>> ? I have checked and I couldn't really find a solution that would meet my
>> needs.
>
> Write a little filter (as a Shell-, Perl-, or Python-script) that does just
> what you want and force using of this filter by the PPD line:
> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-xxx 0 yourfilter"
> where xxx denotes the normal final content type (e.g. postscript for PS
> printers).

For general information how you could do it you may have a look at
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_Your_Own_Filters_to_Print_with_CUPS


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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