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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Rendezvous support in kaddprinterwizard - take 2
From:       Jakub Stachowski <stachowski () hypair ! net>
Date:       2004-12-10 16:42:09
Message-ID: 200412101742.10119.stachowski () hypair ! net
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Dnia piątek, 10 grudnia 2004 10:24, Goffioul Michael napisał:
> > Hello,,
> >
> > I have made some improvements in my patch allowing
> > kaddprinterwizard to search
> > for printer supporting Rendezvous and autodetecting their
> > configuration.
> > Things improved:
> >  - shows only one entry for printer supporting several
> > protocols (ipp,  lpr)
> > according to priority
> > - detect postscript printer (by checking for
> > application/postscript in pdl
> > property)
> > - shows listbox only after finding first printer
> >
> > RIght now list of found printers it is placed on backend
> > selection page. I
> > would be grateful for suggestions of better placement and
> > some testing.
>
> Sorry for the late answer. I don't have access currently to a Linux
> machine, so I cannot test your patch. I'll do so ASAP. From a usability
> point of view, I wouldn't put this list of printer at the same location
> as the backends but maybe:
> 1) in a page before backend selection with the list of printer and a set
>    of 2 radio buttons to select "Manual printer search" or something like
>    that
> 2) in a page after the backend selection which is shown if the user
>    select the option "Auto-detection" at the backend page (option to
>    be added, of course).

I think I will leave it for now and try to integrate it directly into CUPS.

>
> Otherwise, it looks nice. Nevertheless, I think that RDV support might
> be added directly to CUPS and in that context, as kdeprint already uses
> the spooler auto-detection mechanism (mainly for parallel and USB
> printers), you'd have RDV support in kdeprint for free. This is something
> to be checked.

You are right. I will look into that. 
BTW: do you know when cups 1.2 is going to be released?

>
> Michael.
>
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