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Subject: Re: Gtk+ printing dialog highlevel thoughts
From: "Laszlo (Laca) Peter" <Laszlo.Peter () Sun ! COM>
Date: 2006-01-23 13:09:44
Message-ID: 1138021784.1555.13.camel () localhost
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On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 10:56 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > > I think relying on CUPS might be good enough. Opinions on this? Does
> > > e.g. solaris ship CUPS?
> >
> > Solaris ships PAPI. Doesn't ship CUPS.
>
> Hmm, yet another library. Easily mistaken with PAPI the "Performance
> Application Programming Interface" library too.
I'm not an expert on PAPI but I can find you one if needed.
Here's more info on PAPI:
http://www.openprinting.org/moin.cgi/OpenPrinting/PAPI
Note that libgnomeprint currently has a papi module (written by
Ximian and Sun).
> So, exactly what does PAPI give us? Is it good enough to allow us to
> write the gtk+ print dialog with it? Does it e.g. expose PPD file info
> like custom UI for printer features?
See the API spec linked from the above page:
http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/openprinting/PAPI-specification.pdf
Laca
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