It seems that the CUPS-PDF backend uses ghostscript as the 'real' backend, and ghostscript (as far as I can tell) currently doesn't offer any way of setting the metadata. If it did (or will at some point), then I believe an interface to set this metadata could be added to the CUPS-PDF backend. But as it stands, this is not possible -- does that sound correct?
I tried a simple test, editing a file in OpenOffice, changing various properties in the file menu, and then printing via CUPS-PDF. But, none of the changed properties were visible in the produced PDF. Of course each program can provide its own means of generating PDF files (in OpenOffice, that would be using File->Export as PDF), but it is unreasonable to assume that all programs which can print must/should also provide a means of generating their own PDF files. This is where having customizable PDF metadata on the CUPS-backend level makes sense. -- ability to specify PDF metadata in print dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157187 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
