fix(linux): capture before cups-filters universal conversion

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@fieldlens/print",
-  "version": "0.1.12",
+  "version": "0.1.13",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fieldlens-print"
-version = "0.1.12"
+version = "0.1.13"
 description = "FieldLens print-stream barcode capture companion"
 authors = ["Arrowstack"]
 edition = "2021"

src-tauri/src/printers.rs

@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ const FIELDLENS_CUPS_SPOOL_DIR: &str = "/var/cache/cups/fieldlens-print";
 const FIELDLENS_CUPS_FILTER: &str = r#"#!/usr/bin/python3
 import os
 import re
-import shutil
-import subprocess
 import sys
-import tempfile
 
 CACHE = os.path.join(os.environ.get("CUPS_CACHEDIR", "/var/cache/cups"), "fieldlens-print")
 
@@ -36,15 +33,6 @@ def safe(value):
     value = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9._-]+", "-", value or "job").strip("-")
     return value[:80] or "job"
 
-def find_pdftoraster():
-    for path in (
-        "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftoraster",
-        "/usr/libexec/cups/filter/pdftoraster",
-    ):
-        if os.path.isfile(path) and os.access(path, os.X_OK):
-            return path
-    return None
-
 job_id = safe(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "job")
 title = safe(sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else "print")
 printer = safe(os.environ.get("PRINTER", "printer"))
@@ -53,63 +41,62 @@ name = f"{prefix}{printer}-{job_id}-{title}.pdf"
 final_path = os.path.join(CACHE, name)
 part_path = final_path + ".part"
 
-input_path = None
+source = None
-temporary_input = None
+capture = None
+captured_ok = False
 
 try:
     if len(sys.argv) > 6 and sys.argv[6]:
-        input_path = sys.argv[6]
+        source = open(sys.argv[6], "rb")
     else:
-        fd, temporary_input = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix="fieldlens-cups-", suffix=".pdf")
+        source = sys.stdin.buffer
-        with os.fdopen(fd, "wb") as target:
-            shutil.copyfileobj(sys.stdin.buffer, target)
-        input_path = temporary_input
 
     try:
         os.makedirs(CACHE, exist_ok=True)
         if not os.path.exists(final_path):
-            shutil.copyfile(input_path, part_path)
+            capture = open(part_path, "wb")
-            os.chmod(part_path, 0o644)
-            os.replace(part_path, final_path)
-            print(f"INFO: FieldLens captured {name}", file=sys.stderr)
     except OSError as error:
-        print(f"WARNING: FieldLens capture cache failed: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        print(f"WARNING: FieldLens capture cache unavailable: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        capture = None
 
-    pdftoraster = find_pdftoraster()
+    while True:
-    if pdftoraster is None:
+        chunk = source.read(65536)
-        print("ERROR: FieldLens could not find the standard CUPS pdftoraster filter", file=sys.stderr)
+        if not chunk:
-        sys.exit(1)
+            break
 
-    env = os.environ.copy()
+        if capture is not None:
-    env["FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE"] = "image/pwg-raster"
+            try:
+                capture.write(chunk)
+            except OSError as error:
+                print(f"WARNING: FieldLens capture write failed: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+                try:
+                    capture.close()
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+                capture = None
 
-    args = [
+        sys.stdout.buffer.write(chunk)
-        pdftoraster,
-        sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "0",
-        sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else "unknown",
-        sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else "FieldLens Print",
-        sys.argv[4] if len(sys.argv) > 4 else "1",
-        sys.argv[5] if len(sys.argv) > 5 else "",
-        input_path,
-    ]
 
-    result = subprocess.run(
+    sys.stdout.buffer.flush()
-        args,
+
-        stdout=sys.stdout.buffer,
+    if capture is not None:
-        stderr=sys.stderr.buffer,
+        capture.flush()
-        env=env,
+        capture.close()
-    )
+        capture = None
-    sys.exit(result.returncode)
+        os.chmod(part_path, 0o644)
+        os.replace(part_path, final_path)
+        captured_ok = True
+        print(f"INFO: FieldLens captured {name}", file=sys.stderr)
 finally:
-    if temporary_input is not None:
+    if source is not None and source is not sys.stdin.buffer:
+        source.close()
+    if capture is not None:
+        capture.close()
+    if not captured_ok:
         try:
-            os.unlink(temporary_input)
+            os.unlink(part_path)
         except OSError:
             pass
-    try:
-        os.unlink(part_path)
-    except OSError:
-        pass
 "#;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -589,9 +576,8 @@ fn build_fieldlens_ppd(target_printer: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
     cleaned.push('\n');
 
     let prefilter = concat!(
-        "*% FieldLens original-document capture and PDF-to-PWG conversion\n",
+        "*% FieldLens original-document capture before cups-filters universal conversion\n",
-        "*cupsFilter2: \"application/pdf image/pwg-raster 10 fieldlens-capture\"\n",
+        "*cupsPreFilter: \"application/vnd.universal-input 0 fieldlens-capture\"\n"
-        "*cupsFilter2: \"application/vnd.cups-pdf image/pwg-raster 10 fieldlens-capture\"\n"
     );
     if let Some(index) = cleaned.rfind("*% End") {
         cleaned.insert_str(index, prefilter);

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "FieldLens Print",
-  "version": "0.1.12",
+  "version": "0.1.13",
   "identifier": "dev.arrowstack.fieldlens.print",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev",

src/main.ts

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ let config: AppConfig
 let jobs: Job[] = []
 let status: Status
 let loginTimer: number | undefined
-let currentVersion = '0.1.12'
+let currentVersion = '0.1.13'
 let bundleType: BundleType | null = null
 let availableUpdate: Update | null = null
 let availableManualUpdate: ManualUpdate | null = null