OpenPrinting Summit - Print Dialog and Colour Management

[Christoph Bartoschek]

Am Sonntag 20 März 2011 schrieb todd rme:
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Christoph Bartoschek
> 
> <bartoschek at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch 16 März 2011 schrieb John Layt:
> >> [1]
> >> 
> >> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/ope
> >> npr
> >> 
> >> inting- summit-san-francisco-2011
> >> 
> >> [2]
> >> 
> >> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/comm
> >> onp
> >> 
> >> rintingdialog
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm very happy to read that there is work to improve the current
> > printing situation. KDE 3 had a wonderful printing system. It was far
> > from perfect but usable. Unfortunately KDE 4 replaced it with a print
> > dialog that is barely usable.
> > 
> > I've looked at the Requirements page and started the dialog application.
> > I have some comments and questions:
> > 
> > - My biggest wish for a printing dialog is that the preview exactly
> > matches the output. All current print dialogs that I know on linux have
> > the problem that the output is not really predictible if one goes away
> > from the default: printing A4 portrait to an A4 portrait printer.
> > 
> > Often one has to try several options to get the desired result or one
> > finally fails. Options that often cause problems are landscape/portrait
> > the size of the media, or multiple pages printing.
> > 
> > - The choice of the output paper size and tray should be more prominent.
> > I have one printer where I can find the paper size only in the General
> > tab at the last position of 50 options.
> > 
> > - There should be visual feedback how the document applies to the paper.
> > What happens if I print an A4 document and select an A5 paper? How can I
> > specify that the document has to be shrunk to fit?
> > 
> > - Is it possible let the dialog shrink the document by a given
> > percentage and to align the document on the paper to have more empty
> > space on the left for a hole-puncher
> > 
> > - Is it possible to print an A5 document on A4 paper centered with
> > optional with crop marks at the border?
> > 
> > - Will the applications be able to change the document and send a new
> > preview as soon as the options change?
> > 
> > - For duplex printing I would like to see a left and right page or top
> > and down page side by side in the preview.
> > 
> > - If one prints more than one document page on a paper sheet it should
> > be possible to specify the horizontal and vertical gaps.
> > 
> > - The preview should optionally show the media borders, the printable
> > area borders and the document borders on the media.
> > 
> > - One advanced option I would like to see: I do not know of any duplex
> > printer that is able to print the front and back page such that for
> > example crop marks exactly match. Often there is an offset one has to
> > apply. It would be nice if one could do this independently for the
> > front and back page in the dialog.
> > 
> > Christoph Bartoschek
> 
> In general it would be nice to see screenshots of the available
> options and how they are laid out.

Hi,

do you refer to the dialog I see for one of our printers?  Which options do 
you want to see?  The "General" tab?

By the way, is there any reason to prevent resizing of the dialog?

I've disabled this and made 3 screenshots showing the general dialog.

http://www.pontohonk.de/screenshots/cpd-1.png
http://www.pontohonk.de/screenshots/cpd-2.png
http://www.pontohonk.de/screenshots/cpd-3.png

Christoph


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