Comment 1 for bug 407130

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dwelch91 (dwelch91) wrote : Re: [Bug 407130] [NEW] HPIJS-based Fax PPDs do not support the PDF printing workflow

Fix on tip for 3.9.8.

Index: fax/ppd/HP-Fax-hpijs.ppd
===================================================================
--- fax/ppd/HP-Fax-hpijs.ppd (revision 12251)
+++ fax/ppd/HP-Fax-hpijs.ppd (working copy)
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 *cupsVersion: 1.0
 *cupsManualCopies: True
 *cupsModelNumber: 2
-*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip"
+*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 100 foomatic-rip"
+*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-pdf 0 foomatic-rip"
 *ModelName: "HP Fax hpijs"
 *ShortNickName: "HP Fax hpijs"
 *NickName: "HP Fax hpijs"
Index: fax/ppd/HP-Fax2-hpijs.ppd
===================================================================
--- fax/ppd/HP-Fax2-hpijs.ppd (revision 12251)
+++ fax/ppd/HP-Fax2-hpijs.ppd (working copy)
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 *cupsVersion: 1.0
 *cupsManualCopies: True
 *cupsModelNumber: 2
-*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip"
+*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 100 foomatic-rip"
+*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-pdf 0 foomatic-rip"
 *ModelName: "HP Fax2 hpijs"
 *ShortNickName: "HP Fax2 hpijs"
 *NickName: "HP Fax2 hpijs"

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Till Kamppeter <email address hidden>wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> The HPIJS-based fax PPDs (they are probably hand-edited and not
> generated by the CUPS DDK) do not support the PDF-based printing
> workflow. They contain
>
> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip"
>
> This line must be replaced by
>
> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 100 foomatic-rip"
> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-pdf 0 foomatic-rip"
>
> So that foomatic-rip accepts also PDF input and lets Ghostscript
> directly render it into the fax format, without Postscript being needed
> inbetween.
>
> This is simple to fix. Can you fix it in 3.9.8? Thanks.
>
> ** Affects: hplip
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> --
> HPIJS-based Fax PPDs do not support the PDF printing workflow
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407130
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