Re: pxl "Staple" patch?
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Some thoughts on printer features . . . I just finished implementing a "staple" option in an app I'm working on and discovered that not all "PJL compatible" printers use the same command. I ended up doing it in a similar way as "M" did it here: http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696314 In that thread Henry Stiles said that you do not want to support passing arbitrary PJL on the command line, I'm not sure there's a practical way around it, given the number of manufacturers and printers and options, and I don't actually see it as a huge problem, since the worst they could get is bad output and some wasted supplies. The Toshiba EStudio 5560C, for example staples, but ignores the @PJL FINISH=STAPLE command, and instead uses @PJL COMMENT DSSC PRINT STAPLE=TOPLEFT This means that even if the patch is implemented it would only actually work on a subset of "compatible" printers. Allowing arbitrary PJL doesn't seem like it would be a big problem and would enable a much larger number of users to access a much larger feature set. Just a thought. Terry On 2016-04-14 03:11 AM, Ken Sharp wrote: > At 16:36 13/04/2016 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > >> Sorry if this is a dupe. I sent it from the wrong account earlier. ******** Does anybody know when/if "Bug 696314 [1] - Add PJL to staple documents": http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696314 [1] would appear in a release? > > Not until someone (Henry as he owns PCL) approves it and commits it to our repository. Releases are at 6 monthly intervals, once its in the repository it will be in the following release. > > Ken -- http://bupkis.org If you're not here, you haven't got bupkis! Links: ------ [1] http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696314 _______________________________________________ gs-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gs-devel