Printer Server approaches completion
Michael Pfeiffer <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:20:25 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.openbeos.printing |
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| Message-ID | <3YB776TR52TNVQRL1XUHE95YLKC7X.3d825699@name-sgc3h6xcx5> |
Hi all, I want to inform you that the Print Team is not dead yet! A few months ago Michael Phipps asked me to take over the lead of the Print Team, so here I am. After examining the existing source code, that Ithamar left behind, I have added the most important required tasks to the print kit team page and have started with the completion of the print_server and Printer preferences application. The progress in the print_server so far: - *asynchronous* displaying of printer page setup and job setup dialog - *asynchronous* printing of spooled print job files - starting printing after restart of print_server There remains still much to be done: - abort printing if printer add-on fails - abort printing if printer is removed in Printers Prefs - abort printing when print_server quits - avoid resource conflicts (=transport add-ons) printing to multiple printers - allow Preview print jobs be printed asynchronous - extension to R5: allow selection of printer per application, similar to Dano - etc... I don't have much spare time, so progress is made slowly. I hope to reach R5 level until the end of the year. Regards, Michael PS: The changes are NOT in the repository yet, because I am behind a firewall. Any advice how to tunnel through it is appriciated. PPS: Be patience with my response, because I have access to the internet at work only.