Bug 76805

I think this is by design, since PCL is autotyped as cups-raw

mime.types:
application/vnd.cups-raw    (string(0,<1B>E) + !string(2,<1B>%0B)) \ ...
<ESC>E is PCL reset

so it's sent to the printer as is, raw.

The PCL file might include other settings (using PCL escapes) for density,
economy, ... so adding PJL could produce unpredictable results, I think.

If it's by design, then I think the design is wrong.

If the PCL contains settings, then they'll override the PJL settings.  That's
not unpredictable, it's correct behavior.

Note, furthermore, that since I believe CUPS actually saves the PJL parameters
that it sends with each job (i.e., I believe it writes the parameters at the
start of the job into the printers persistent configuration rather than making
them for just that job), the *current* behavior is unpredictable -- the exact
format (economy mode, density, etc.) in which a PCL job prints depends on the
format of the last job sent to the printer (i.e., the settings used to print the
last job).

For the design issue you can try asking cups developer, who is usually very
responsive: http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php

For the PJL, I tried looking at the PJL produced by cups own drivers, but could
not find quickly a driver that does it.
Foomatic PJL seems fine, since it does (ie for a hl1250):
@PJL SET ECONOMODE=OFF 
...
and not 
@PJL DEFAULT ECONOMODE=OFF
...

So are there any drivers that do the wrong thing?

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