Changeset 3413 for pykota/trunk/docs/pkbanner.sgml
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r2561 r3413 4 4 <title>Generate banners with pkbanner</title> 5 5 <para>Last modified on $Date$</para> 6 6 7 7 <para> 8 8 <application>CUPS</application> integrated bannering facility sucks because banners can only … … 10 10 to have several banners and jobs mixed in an unexpected way because of the way <application>CUPS</application> 11 11 works. 12 </para> 13 12 </para> 13 14 14 <para> 15 15 To fix this problem for good, <application>PyKota</application> can use its own banners, which can be : … … 22 22 <listitem> 23 23 <para> 24 The output of any executable command of your choice, launched at printing time, 24 The output of any executable command of your choice, launched at printing time, 25 25 and to which are made available a bunch of environment variables which can help 26 your command create a purely dynamic banner on the fly. In particular your 26 your command create a purely dynamic banner on the fly. In particular your 27 27 command knows all about the status of the current user's print quota information. 28 28 </para> … … 30 30 </itemizedlist> 31 31 </para> 32 32 33 33 <para> 34 34 Although you can use any command to generate banners for you, you can also use … … 36 36 It was designed for ease of use, without any compromise on its flexibility. 37 37 </para> 38 38 39 39 <para> 40 40 For example <command>pkbanner</command> allows you to specify a particular logo and url to be 41 printed on the banner pages, as well as define a transparency factor to save toner while 41 printed on the banner pages, as well as define a transparency factor to save toner while 42 42 printing banners. You can also choose a particular page size to use, as well as include 43 43 additionnal textual information on the banner page. 44 44 </para> 45 45 46 46 <para> 47 47 <command>pkbanner</command> generates PostScript code, but <application>PyKota</application> … … 49 49 another file format for your printer. 50 50 </para> 51 51 52 52 <para> 53 <command>pkbanner</command> is not meant to be launched from the command line though, 53 <command>pkbanner</command> is not meant to be launched from the command line though, 54 54 but only through the <literal>startingbanner</literal> and <literal>endingbanner</literal> 55 55 directives in <filename>pykota.conf</filename>. 56 56 </para> 57 57 58 58 <sect1> 59 59 <title>Reference</title> … … 66 66 <arg>-l <replaceable>image</replaceable></arg> 67 67 <arg>--logo <replaceable>image</replaceable></arg> 68 </group> 68 </group> 69 69 <group choice="opt"> 70 70 <arg>-p <replaceable>size</replaceable></arg> 71 71 <arg>--pagesize <replaceable>size</replaceable></arg> 72 </group> 72 </group> 73 73 <group choice="opt"> 74 74 <arg>-s <replaceable>luminosity</replaceable></arg> 75 75 <arg>--savetoner <replaceable>luminosity</replaceable></arg> 76 </group> 76 </group> 77 77 <group choice="opt"> 78 78 <arg>-u <replaceable>link</replaceable></arg> 79 79 <arg>--url <replaceable>link</replaceable></arg> 80 </group> 80 </group> 81 81 <group choice="opt"> 82 82 <arg><replaceable>additionnal info</replaceable></arg>