[SLE] apsfilter needs printer reset
This is a note both to the SuSE list and to SuSE feedback. There's a problem with apsfilter that isn't hard to repair: there needs to be a way to issue a reset command for a printer no matter what type of file it's being sent. There's a way to do this for the ``raw'' printer but not, for instance, if apsfilter is called to print a PostScript file. I recommend that each printer have two additional customizations (which can, of course, be null): a reset-before and a reset-after. These commands would, as the names indicate, be issued before and after each job, respectively. That would, among other things, solve the problem that PostScript printers with duplexing capability get the last page of one job duplexed with the first page of the next job if the first job has an odd number of pages. However, I expect that there are many other situations in which this resetting capability is needed. And it's almost always a function only of the printer, not of the job type. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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