[cups-devel] [UNKN] STR #4494: FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE doesn't reliably describe backend input

Pierre Ossman noreply at cups.org
Tue Nov 18 08:50:43 PST 2014


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[STR Resolved]

Just my 2 cents:

a) application/vnd.cups-pdf is "printer specific pdf", which to me suggest
it's basically the same as "kinda like pdf, but not really, so don't even
think about parsing it unless you're the printer". IOW, should be treated
as an alias for application/octet-stream and nothing should complain about
it being invalid PDF.

b) foomatic-rip suggests that this is a raster format. So maybe
application/vnd.cups-pdf is wrong (point a aside).
application/vnd.cups-raster might be more appropriate?

Link: https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4494
Version: 1.7.4
Fix Version: Third-party
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