RE: [Syllable-developer] PrinterServer

[Daniel G. <da...@fp...>]

On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 09:21 +0100, Kristian Vandervliet wrote:
> Jonas Jarvoll wrote:
> > anyone mind if I start thinking about a PrinterServer for 
> > Syllable? Im getting a new printer and I would like to have
> > it working under Syllable. I cannot promise it will ever
> > come out anything useful from my thinking.
> 
> Sure, but the plan has always been to port (a stripped down[1])
> CUPS to Syllable and then add the front-end functionality to
> the appserver
<snip>
> 
> [1]: E.g remove the server stuff, replace the "web" configuration
> with Syllable tools and dialogs etc.
> 

One might want to check out gnome-cups-manager, which is a GUI front end
for configuring and controling CUPS printers.  It works great on my
Gnome system, and is *much* easier to use than that stupid web front
end.

(I'm not sure removing the server is a good idea.  Windows allows any
computer to share it's printer over the network, and I consider this a
vital task for any desktop system to be used in the home.  And, as I
understand it, IPP is a rater nice printing protocol.)

Daniel