Printing summit

[Till Kamppeter]

George Liu wrote:
> One thing I would like to recommend for kprinter is to switch back to
> use CUPS 1.2 PPD Parsing API.
> http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/api-ppd.html
> 
> According to the post
> http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-print&m=112616631505116&w=2 by Michael
> Goffioul:
> 
> "Now, kdeprint uses its own PPD parser (which is required if you want to
> support non-PPD-compliant options, like the numerical options used in
> Foomatic)"
> 
> As there's been quit a lot of advances in CUPS, and CUPS now supports
> custom UI types, it would be easier to maintain the code if kprinter
> uses CUPS PPD parsing API. 
> 
> BTW, the new Gtk+ print dialog also uses CUPS PPD parsing API. If Gtk+
> printing dialog and kprinter uses the same PPD parser, consistent
> printer features could be provided to end users. 
> 

I could look into the Foomatic PPD generator to generate CUPS-compliant 
custom option keywords for numerical, string, and password options.

    Till