.\" .\" "$Id: filter.man,v 1.1.1.11 2005/01/04 19:16:06 jlovell Exp $" .\" .\" filter man page for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). .\" .\" Copyright 1997-2005 by Easy Software Products. .\" .\" These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the .\" property of Easy Software Products and are protected by Federal .\" copyright law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file .\" "LICENSE.txt" which should have been included with this file. If this .\" file is missing or damaged please contact Easy Software Products .\" at: .\" .\" Attn: CUPS Licensing Information .\" Easy Software Products .\" 44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204 .\" Hollywood, Maryland 20636 USA .\" .\" Voice: (301) 373-9600 .\" EMail: cups-info@cups.org .\" WWW: http://www.cups.org .\" .TH filter 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "22 June 2000" "Easy Software Products" .SH NAME filter \- cups file conversion filter interfaces .SH SYNOPSIS .B filter job user title num-copies options [ .I filename ] .SH DESCRIPTION The CUPS filter interface provides a standard method for adding support for new document types to CUPS. Each filter is capable of converting from one or more input formats to another format that can either be printed directly or piped into another filter to get it to a printable format. .LP Filters must be capable of reading from a filename on the command-line or from the standard input, copying the standard input to a temporary file as required by the file format. All output must be sent to the standard output. .LP The command name (argv[0]) is set to the name of the destination printer. .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The following environment variables are defined by the CUPS server when executing each filter: .TP 5 CHARSET .br The default text character set (typically us-ascii or iso-8859-1). .TP 5 CLASS .br When a job is submitted to a printer class, contains the name of the destination printer class. Otherwise this environment variable will not be set. .TP 5 CONTENT_TYPE .br The MIME type associated with the file (e.g. application/postscript). .TP 5 CUPS_DATADIR .br The directory where data files can be found. .TP 5 CUPS_SERVERROOT .br The root directory of the server. .TP 5 DEVICE_URI .br The device-uri associated with the printer. .TP 5 LANG .br The default language locale (typically C or en). .TP 5 PATH .br The standard execution path for external programs that may be run by the filter. .TP 5 PPD .br The full pathname of the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file for this printer. .TP 5 PRINTER .br The name of the printer; this is provided for shell scripts which may not be able to get the passed argv[0] string. .TP 5 RIP_CACHE .br The recommended amount of memory to use for Raster Image Processors (RIPs). .TP 5 SOFTWARE .br The name and version number of the server (typically CUPS/1.1). .TP 5 TZ .br The timezone of the server. .TP 5 USER .br The user executing the filter, typically lp; consult the cupsd.conf file for the current setting. .SH COMPATIBILITY While the filter interface is compatible with System V interface scripts, it will only work with the System V interface script as the only filter. Typically the interface script will be provided via the \fBlpadmin(8)\fR command using the \fI-i\fR option. .SH SEE ALSO backend(1), cupsd(8), CUPS Interface Design Description, CUPS Software Administrators Manual, CUPS Software Programmers Manual, http://localhost:631/documentation.html .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright 1993-2005 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. .\" .\" End of "$Id: filter.man,v 1.1.1.11 2005/01/04 19:16:06 jlovell Exp $". .\"