* Matthias Julius [11-22-04 14:55]:

I am printing over CUPS using 'lpr' as print command. That works fine. Now I would like to pass the file name of the file being printed to lpr (via 'lpr -C'). Is that possible?

issue from a command-line 'man lpr'. Then, if you do not understand, ask again.

* Matthias Julius [11-22-04 19:18]:

I know 'man lpr'. It says:

-C name Sets the job name.

But how can I get gimp to include the file name in the print command after the -C?

Are you trying to print from a gimp image -> File -> Print ? If so, set the print dialogue screen to your printer via the drop down box and print direct from gimp. You do not need to worry about -C name. I have an Epson sp925photo and the print-command which gimp selects for my printer is: lp -s -desp925gp -oraw

If this is *not* what you are trying to do, please explain further.

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Matthias Julius [11-22-04 19:18]:

I know 'man lpr'. It says:

-C name Sets the job name.

But how can I get gimp to include the file name in the print command after the -C?

Are you trying to print from a gimp image -> File -> Print ? If so, set the print dialogue screen to your printer via the drop down box and print direct from gimp. You do not need to worry about -C name. I have an Epson sp925photo and the print-command which gimp selects for my printer is: lp -s -desp925gp -oraw

If this is *not* what you are trying to do, please explain further.

He wants to set the job name via -C:

From man lpr:

-C name Sets the job name.

Hi,

Matthias Julius writes:

The only problem I have is that in the print job list every print job from Gimp has the name '(stdin)'. I would like the name of the printed file to appear there and from the lpr side this is done via the '-C' option. Now I need Gimp to insert the file name into the print command. So the print command specification in the printer setup should be something like 'lpr -C $filename' where Gimp is replacing $filename with the actual file name.

Completely understodd. But that would need changes to the print plug-in. It is however scheduled to be replaced by a new plug-in for the next generation gimp-print library (or gutenprint which is its new name). If you want to see such a feature being added, please get in contact with the gimp-print/gutenprint developers. Their project is hosted on sourceforge.

Sven

Matthias Julius wrote:

Patrick Shanahan writes:

Are you trying to print from a gimp image -> File -> Print ? If so, set the print dialogue screen to your printer via the drop down box and print direct from gimp. You do not need to worry about -C name. I have an Epson sp925photo and the print-command which gimp selects for my printer is: lp -s -desp925gp -oraw

If this is *not* what you are trying to do, please explain further.

Yes I am printing from the Gimp print dialog. And changing the printer in the printer setup does not affect the print command Gimp is choosing.

And it is printing fine as I wrote in my original post.

The only problem I have is that in the print job list every print job from Gimp has the name '(stdin)'. I would like the name of the printed file to appear there and from the lpr side this is done via the '-C' option. Now I need Gimp to insert the file name into the print command. So the print command specification in the printer setup should be something like 'lpr -C $filename' where Gimp is replacing $filename with the actual file name.

BTW, I am printing through CUPS. I don't know whether CUPS' lpr differs from standard lpr.

If in fact GIMP is printing via stdin, there will not be a file name associated. I suspect that you'll be out of luck as GIMP is probably not 'aware' of the file name at this point. After all, it may not even have a file name if you've just created the image. This is all speculation, thus you should likely wait to hear from someone who really knows. :)

Matthias

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Ok,

so -- there is no way to do what you want. The only way would be to implement it into the print plugin, possibly making it exapand "%f" on this field to the filename.
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 00:23, Matthias Julius wrote: (...)

Yes I am printing from the Gimp print dialog. And changing the printer in the printer setup does not affect the print command Gimp is choosing.

And it is printing fine as I wrote in my original post.

The only problem I have is that in the print job list every print job from Gimp has the name '(stdin)'. I would like the name of the printed file to appear there and from the lpr side this is done via the '-C' option. Now I need Gimp to insert the file name into the print command. So the print command specification in the printer setup should be something like 'lpr -C $filename' where Gimp is replacing $filename with the actual file name.

BTW, I am printing through CUPS. I don't know whether CUPS' lpr differs from standard lpr.

Matthias