[Printing-architecture] Two more PDF CUPS filters: pstopdf and cpdftocps ("PostScript driver")
Till Kamppeter
till.kamppeter at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 03:06:39 PDT 2008
Michael Sweet wrote:
> As for getting options from the PostScript data stream, today we
> can embed page size and duplex mode in the PDF document. Supporting
> other embedded features is not feasible, although applications can
> use the CUPS PS job ticket comments at the top of the file:
>
> %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> %cupsJobTicket: option=value ... option=value
> %cupsJobTicket: option=value ... option=value
> %cupsJobTicket: option=value ... option=value
> ... other PS comments
> %%EndComments
>
What does CUPS exactly do when it encounters these %cupsJobTicket:
comments? Which part of CUPS is handling them? How can one benefit from
them in a PDF printing workflow (PostScript -> PDF -> pdftopdf ->
pdftoraster ...)? Do they have to be in the beginning of the PS file or
can they be anywhere?
Till
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