[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 190646] implement in the printing system the feature "print only odd/even pages"

[esigra at gmail.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190646





--- Comment #20 from  <esigra gmail com>  2009-09-06 20:40:42 ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> Am I right to say (if not please correct me) that:
> 
> 1) In Nokia's bug traker for QT the feature request is at
> http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=entry&id=219318

Right.


> 2) such feature request is accompanied by very little supporting material.
> Specifically, there is no link to this bug report, nor any indication that
> the lack of odd/even page selection brings as a consequence one of the most
> criticized KDE regression from 3 to 4.

Right.


> 8) There appears to be a strong request for "software supported manual
> duplex". However, it would be weird to have this request considered as
> alternative (mutually exclusive) to even/odd page selection. Furthermore it
> would be strange to see this request delaying the simpler odd/even selection
> mechanism. So it makes little sense to ask for "software supported manual
> duplex" /instead/ of even/odd page selection.

Right. Please forget about fancy features like "software supported manual
duplex" for now and focus on feature parity with KDE3. Do not delay it further
because there are ideas about making something even better.


> 9) "Software supported manual duplex" would need some help from the print
> system (typically cups) side. For instance, locking the printer throughout
> the operation is necessary since linux is a multiuser OS (something that the
> typical desktop user may easily forget). Also, the printer description in the
> print system database should contain information about how the manual duplex
> is to be done (since such information belongs there and not in the desktop
> environment). So it would be nice to first have the cups camp accept the idea
> of supporting manual duplex, and only then think of introducing it in kde.

Right.


> - Should we start linking this bug into
> http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=entry&id=219318?

By the way, I can not even figure out how to subscribe to that issue.


> - Should we start requesting some support for "assisted manual duplex" in
> cups now?

Sure, but as you concluded, getting the basic page selection features back in
KDE is far more important.

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