HELP WANTED: kdeprint with GNUlpr

[Goffioul Michael]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Richard Tyrer [mailto:tyrerj at acm.org]
> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 01:02
> To: For users and developers of KDEPrint,the KDE printing architecture
> Subject: Re: HELP WANTED: kdeprint with GNUlpr
> 
> 
> Till Kamppeter wrote:
> > James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 
> >> But, I can see some things that might help.  For me, the 
> question is 
> >> can it allow me to set the printer resolution without 
> having to have 
> >> separate printer instances for each resolution?
> > 
> > 
> > Yes:
> > 
> > LPRng:
> > 
> >    lpr -P printer -Z Resolution=1200dpi file.ps
> > 
> > CUPS or GNUlpr:
> > 
> >    lpr -P printer -o Resolution=1200dpi file.ps
> 
> In this context, saying that you have to resort to the 
> command line is the same as saying 
> 'NO'.  With GNUlpr, you can use the 'gpr' command for your 
> print command and the widget 
> pops up where you can set this stuff.
> 
> But, the KDE GUI interface should do this.  And, it should be 
> able to do this without 
> foomatic.

I don't agree: with LPRng, the ability to select print options
on the command-line (or in a GUI, which is the same) is highly
dependent on the driver system that is used. Foomatic gives the
user access to all print options, through the '-Z' flag.
Printtool (used by RedHat back in the 5.x era) didn't, although
it was based on LPRng. If you cannot select print options on the
command-line, you can't neither in a GUI.

Michael.