Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint Printer Application (Native)

[Robert K. <rl...@al...>]

On 9/20/21 6:32 PM, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have created a Gutenprint Printer Application by retro-fitting Gutenprint's CUPS driver into a
> Printer Application using PAPPL (https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl) and my CUPS driver
> retro-fit library pappl-retrofit (https://github.com/OpenPrinting/pappl-retrofit):
> 
> https://github.com/OpenPrinting/gutenprint-printer-app
> https://snapcraft.io/gutenprint-printer-app
> 
> Note that this is only an interim effort, as the right way to make a Printer Application out of
> Gutenprint is a native Printer Apoplication, not using PPDs, the CUPS filter, and the CUPS backend
> of Gutenprint, but instead, use only PAPPL and libgutenprint. Therefore I will maintain this Printer
> Application only as long as there is no native Gutenprint Printer Application from the Gutenprint
> project, once that is there, I will discontinue my Printer Application.
> 
> Note that the retro-fit is not perfect, especially due to the restricted number of vendor-specific
> options in PAPPL I could base my Printer Application only on the simplified PPDs and not on the
> expert ones.

What restriction is this?