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Subject:    =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_idea=B4s_for_printing_in_KDE?=
From:       "Andreas Haufler" <ahaufler () gmx ! de>
Date:       2000-02-16 17:09:25
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Von: Waldo Bastian <bastian@suse.de>
An: kde-devel@kde.org <kde-devel@kde.org>
Datum: Montag, 14. Februar 2000 22:13
Betreff: Fwd: idea´s for printing in KDE


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>Subject: idea´s for printing in KDE
>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:01:02 +0100
>From: Stephan Heigl <stephan@heigl-gmbh.de>
>To: Waldo Bastian <bastian@suse.de>
>
>
>hi,
>
>yes i have idea´s .... lots of ideas.... i have also my small little
>project...but this is my first project and i have to learn this things
> first (cause i am going to school at moment...and not to uni.)
>
>1. i (try) to write a API for printerconfiguration
> - printsystem indepent classes for install/edit/remove printers
> - backend for each Printsystem (LPD/CUPS/PDQ)
> - printsystem-independent classes to get a printer´s status
> - printsystem-independent classes to print to a printer
>-....
>
>2. a Print dialog with plugin support (based on the API)
>  - PPD support
>  - access to the postscript document´s pagesetup blocks  (then there
> should be plugins for e.g. printing posters,gamma correction ......) -
> this requires a modification to QPrinter class (or a new one) to start
> setup after "painting" the data to QPrinter.
> - ....
>
>3. a simple wizard for printer setup/remove
>
>4. a kc-module to install/edit/remove printers
> - kc-module should set the default settings for the dialog
> - set the settings for programms which dont use KDE´s printdialog
> - .....
>
>5. a browser daemon
> - should be multicast/broadcast able
> - add browsing to all installed printer´s on a system (also
>    printsystem-independent)
>
>
>i have  already started some of the things...but i am far from
> complete.....and as said before... i am not a very good
> programmer......
>
>what do you think of it?
>
>(http://kpc.linuxatwork.at)
>
>regards
>
>stephan
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>

i think thats a very good idea, but theres one important thing, the printer
margins!
i think they change from printer to printer, but i have a project running,
where i have to know where the printer finally prints the drawings on the
paper. so if you write these wohle printer - configuration - and what ever
classes then you shouldn't forget to enumerate these values!!
Actually i don't know if you can read them out of the printer, or if the
user has to select them. what ever, the current qprinter class (QT v1.4)
doesn't support anything in this way, so i have to write my own code...

regards

Andreas

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