Printing options

[James Richard Tyrer]

Till Kamppeter wrote:
> James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 
>>>
>>>
>>> If you want to use PPDs with LPD or LPRng, use Foomatic from 
>>> linuxprinting.org. See
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxprinting.org/lpd-doc.html
>>>
>>> This works with native PostScript printer PPDs and with the PPDs from 
>>> linuxprinting.org.
>>>
>> Yes, but will that make the Qt PostScript driver see the resolution 
>> and use it to generate the PS file with that resolution.
>>
>> What the original poster needs is to be able to set the resolution in 
>> the KDE Print dialog in the widget that come up when you click the: 
>> "Properties" button like you can in OpenOffice.
> 
> 
> If the PPD file has an option named "Resolution", the correct resolution 
> will be used by Qt/KDE Print, the Foomatic PPDs without "Resolution" 
> option have usually a "*DefaultResolution" entry which makes Qt/KDE 
> Print at least a resolution compatible with the printer, normally the 
> highest resolution.

I'm not exactly clear on this.  My PPD for my old line printer has:

*DefaultResolution: 360dpi
*Resolution 60dpi: "1 dict dup /HWResolution [60 60] put setpagedevice"
*Resolution 180dpi: "1 dict dup /HWResolution [180 180] put setpagedevice"
*Resolution 360dpi: "1 dict dup /HWResolution [360 360] put setpagedevice"

So, it has both a "DefaultResolution" and three "Resolution" settings which 
I presume is the normal setup for a printer capable of more than one 
resolution.

Will the Qt PostScript driver use this information?

--
JRT