Integration non kde applications with kdeprint]

[Roman Glebov]

Am Samstag, 5. November 2005 18:28 schrieben Sie:
> On 5 November 2005 11:31, Roman Glebov wrote:
> > inkscape is a gtk application and iirc it has own postscript generation
> > mechanism.
> > It has no printing dialog at all at the moment. When you start printing
> > only a dialog appears ,where you enter print command. It is horrible for
> > normal users.
> > I want simply this application to call kprinter when it wants to print .
> > Also i would like
> > to add such things like preview .
> >
> >
> >
> > What features does the kdeprint architecture provide ?
>
> Please start by looking at http://printing.kde.org/ and especially
> http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase/kdeprint/ then please any further
> questions you might have.
>
> > Print output of inkscape is very buggy at the moment, for example sizes
> > do not match in output compared to original or even not all elements of
> > a verctorbased picture are displayed, when printing as postscript.
> > Would kdeprint help solve it ?
>
> Hmm... if the bugs you specify are in the postscript rendering, kdeprint
> won't be able to help with correcting these. But if the generated
> postscript is correct, I don't see why kdeprint won't offer a good user
> interface for the printing itself. Adding preview option might require some
> work, but you know how the saying goes: "everything is possible"
> (especially in Free Software).
>
> I patiently wait for your questions.

I need a documentation on the kprinter api.
I do not really have an overview how programs communicate with kdeprint
when it is fully integrated.
Can you explain it to me ?

Roman Glebov