[ale] CUPS Test Print Generation

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Fri Jul 16 12:49:41 EDT 2010


PreserveJobHistory On

in the localhost:631 config section. Should be able to do it also in the
cupsd.conf file

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:

>  Where's that controlled?  I can't find anything about it in the docs.
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> On 7/16/10 12:07 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
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> can you turn on job archiving and capture from that?
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> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
>
>>  Under CUPS 1.4.4, CUPS apparently doesn't keep a "testprint.ps"
>> hanging around and instead apparently generates one on the fly using
>> instructions that read as follows:
>>
>> #CUPS-BANNER
>> Show printer-name printer-info printer-location printer-make-and-model
>> printer-driver-name printer-driver-version paper-size imageable-area
>> Header Printer Test Page
>> Footer Printer Test Page
>> Notice This test page was produced by CUPS 1.4.4.
>> Image images/cups.png
>> Image images/color-wheel.png
>>
>> I want to capture the Postscript file that these instructions generate
>> for a given print device (in this case, a label printer).  Anyone know
>> how to get there from here?
>>
>> - Jeff
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