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5	<title>CUPS Banner File Format</title>
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11  Banner file format specification for CUPS.
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19
20<H1 CLASS="title">CUPS Banner File Format</H1>
21
22<h2 class='title'><a name='INTRODUCTION'>Introduction</a></h2>
23
24<p>This specification describes the CUPS banner file format
25(application/vnd.cups-banner) which is used to generate print job cover pages
26and the CUPS test page. The format itself consists of a header followed by
27lines of UTF-8 text containing comments or keywords and values:</p>
28
29<pre class='command'>
30#CUPS-BANNER
31
32# What to show on the cover page
33Show job-id job-name job-originating-user-name time-at-creation
34
35# The header and footer text
36Header Cover Page
37Footer Cover Page
38
39# Arbitrary "notice" text
40Notice All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy.
41Notice All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy.
42Notice All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy.
43Notice All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy.
44
45# Images to place below the rest
46Image /usr/local/share/company-logo.png
47Image /usr/share/doc/cups/images/smiley.jpg
48</pre>
49
50
51<h2 class='title'><a name='KEYWORDS'>Standard Keywords</a></h2>
52
53<h3><a name='Footer'>Footer</a></h3>
54
55<p class='summary'>
56Footer text for footer
57</p>
58
59<p>The <code>Footer</code> key defines the text that is centered at the bottom
60of the page. Only one <code>Footer</code> key can be specified.</p>
61
62
63<h3><a name='Header'>Header</a></h3>
64
65<p class='summary'>
66Header text for Header
67</p>
68
69<p>The <code>Header</code> key defines the text that is centered at the top
70of the page. Only one <code>Header</code> key can be specified.</p>
71
72
73<h3><a name='Image'>Image</a></h3>
74
75<p class='summary'>
76Image /path/to/image/filename<br>
77Image relative/path/in/DocumentRoot/filename
78</p>
79
80<p>The <code>Image</code> key defines images that are centered above the footer
81text. Multiple images are centered as a group from left to right. Images are
82scaled as needed to fit on the page with a nominal size of 1"/25cm.</p>
83
84
85<h3><a name='Notice'>Notice</a></h3>
86
87<p class='summary'>
88Notice Text to display below the job information.<br>
89Notice More text to display below the job information.
90</p>
91
92<p>The <code>Notice</code> key defines lines of text that are centered below
93the job information.</p>
94
95
96<h3><a name='Show'>Show</a></h3>
97
98<p class='summary'>
99Show <em>value value ... value</em>
100</p>
101
102<p>The <code>Show</code> key lists the job information that is shown. The
103following values are supported:</p>
104
105<ul>
106
107	<li><code>imageable-area</code>: The imageable area of the current
108	page size</li>
109
110	<li><code>job-billing</code>: Billing information for the job</li>
111
112	<li><code>job-id</code>: The job ID</li>
113
114	<li><code>job-name</code>: The title of the job</li>
115
116	<li><code>job-originating-host-name</code>: The computer that printed
117	the job</li>
118
119	<li><code>job-originating-user-name</code>: The user that printed the
120	job</li>
121
122	<li><code>job-uuid</code>: The job UUID</li>
123
124	<li><code>options</code>: The options that were provided with the
125	job</li>
126
127	<li><code>paper-name</code>: The name of the paper size used</li>
128
129	<li><code>paper-size</code>: The dimensions of the paper size used.</li>
130
131	<li><code>printer-driver-name</code>: The printer driver used</li>
132
133	<li><code>printer-driver-version</code>: The driver version</li>
134
135	<li><code>printer-info</code>: The printer description</li>
136
137	<li><code>printer-location</code>: The location of the printer</li>
138
139	<li><code>printer-make-and-model</code>: The make and model strings
140	reported by the printer driver</li>
141
142	<li><code>printer-name</code>: The printer used</li>
143
144	<li><code>time-at-creation</code>: When the job was submitted</li>
145
146	<li><code>time-at-processing</code>: The current date and time</li>
147
148</ul>
149
150
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