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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>There’re still printer features only available for Windows, like ProofJob,
UserCode, LockedPrint. The main reason is CUPS PPD doesn’t provide a
mechanism to allow arbitrary user input. (Kprinter did provide a mechanism to write
a printer UI plugin, but has many limitations)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>CUPS will have extended PPD support from 1.2. I copied some part of
cups/cups/sample.ppd from cups weekly build r4547.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Is it possible for kprinter to support those CUPS PPD extentions? We do
have a lot of Linux users craving to have all features that are supported by
Windows. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Thanks</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>George</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>*OpenUI IntOption/Integer: PickOne<br>
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *IntOption<br>
*DefaultIntOption: None<br>
*IntOption None: ""<br>
*IntOption 1: "<</cupsInteger0 1>>setpagedevice"<br>
*IntOption 2: "<</cupsInteger0 2>>setpagedevice"<br>
*IntOption 3: "<</cupsInteger0 3>>setpagedevice"<br>
*IntOption 4: "<</cupsInteger0 4>>setpagedevice"<br>
*IntOption 5: "<</cupsInteger0 5>>setpagedevice"<br>
*cupsUIType IntOption: Integer<br>
*cupsUIMinimum IntOption: "1"<br>
*cupsUIMaximum IntOption: "5"<br>
*cupsUICommand IntOption: "<</cupsInteger0 3 1 roll>>setpagedevice>>"<br>
*CloseUI: *IntOption<br>
<br>
*OpenUI RealOption/Real Number: PickOne<br>
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *RealOption<br>
*DefaultRealOption: None<br>
*RealOption None: ""<br>
*RealOption 1: "<</cupsReal0 1>>setpagedevice"<br>
*RealOption 2: "<</cupsReal0 2>>setpagedevice"<br>
*RealOption 3: "<</cupsReal0 3>>setpagedevice"<br>
*RealOption 4: "<</cupsReal0 4>>setpagedevice"<br>
*RealOption 5: "<</cupsReal0 5>>setpagedevice"<br>
*cupsUIType RealOption: Real<br>
*cupsUIMinimum RealOption: "1"<br>
*cupsUIMaximum RealOption: "5"<br>
*cupsUICommand RealOption: "<</cupsReal0 3 1 roll>>setpagedevice>>"<br>
*CloseUI: *RealOption<br>
<br>
*OpenUI TextOption/Text: PickOne<br>
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *TextOption<br>
*DefaultTextOption: None<br>
*TextOption None: ""<br>
*TextOption NOFORN: "<</cupsString0 (NOFORN)>>setpagedevice"<br>
*TextOption FOIA: "<</cupsString0 (FOIA)>>setpagedevice"<br>
*TextOption FOUO: "<</cupsString0 (FOUO)>>setpagedevice"<br>
*cupsUIType TextOption: Text<br>
*cupsUICommand TextOption: "<</cupsString0 3 1 roll>>setpagedevice>>"<br>
*CloseUI: *TextOption<br>
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