[Openicc] Introduction / Gutenprint]

[Michael Sweet]

Gerhard Fuernkranz wrote:
> Michael Sweet schrieb:
> 
>> Yes, however when you do "lp file.ps" with CUPS, a copy of the file
>> is sent "over the wire" to cupsd, which stores it in the spool
>> directory.  The filters never use your copy of the file...
> 
> 
> Of course. Couldn't the same be done for "user private" profiles
> or possibly also other "blobs" which supplement a print job?
> (i.e. send a temporary copy to cupsd, which does not disclose it
> to anybody else (unless root, of course), and deletes the copy
> after rendering).

There is no facility for this in IPP.  The closest thing we have in
IPP is the draft spec for resource objects, but they are intended to
live for a long time, not just for the life of the job...

It is certainly something to consider after CUPS 1.2...

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