[Foomatic] Re: Usage of the /EndPage key with setpagedevice
Till Kamppeter
till.kamppeter at gmx.net
Thu Nov 18 18:55:05 PST 2004
This is fixed now in the stable branch of the Foomatic CVS or in
http://www.linuxprinting.org/download.cgi?filename=foomatic-rip&show=0
Thabks for your report and patch, Helge.
Till
Helge Blischke wrote:
> Foomatic-rip uses a special /EndPage procedure to back
> page accounting.
>
> As it is implemented currently, it completely defeats any
> previously defined EndPage procedure (either defined by the
> PostScript generating application/person or by a filter
> executed ahead of foomatic-rip, e.g. the alternate pstops
> filter).
>
> To fix this, the foomatic /EndPage procedure should either
> be prepended or appended (which option to choose requires
> some more investigation) to the existing procedure.
>
> Helge
>
> PS: As I'm used to PostScript programming since more than a
> decade, I'd offer to implement this modification if the
> other maintainers/developers agree.
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