[Gimp-print-devel] Re: Gimp-print

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

   Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:39:45 -0400
   From: James Moger <ja...@tr...>

   After trying out several of the different printing systems I have
   concluded that the gimp-print package gives me the highest quality for
   the printers I am testing with.  I am trying to choose a printing system
   for a project of mine - I've played with PDQ, lpd, CUPS, etc.  I really
   like the internal support for HP Laserjets and Deskjets you've got in
   your plug-in.  Is there an easy way to modify your source to make it a
   stand-alone program?  I downloaded the latest stable and latest devel
   release - I saw the Makefile.standalone - but that is not what I want,
   right?  The goal is to use your code almost like a Win print dialog.  At
   least for files.  Maybe it could be extended to include window handles
   or something.  Is this feasible or should I keep going with PDQ or lpd
   or whatever?

It is designed to work with other clients, but I wouldn't suggest that
approach.  The Epson driver is already buildable as a Ghostscript
driver, and I would suggest doing that with the PCL driver as well
(probably do a single unified driver for both, actually).  There's
already a PDQ description included; see the Ghost subdirectory for
information.

So what I'd suggest is bringing the PCL (and Canon) drivers into the
Ghostscript driver, and using that with PDQ or CUPS as your front
end.  Since the Epson driver's already done, it shouldn't be very hard
to fit the PCL driver into the same framework.  It's just a matter of
deciding how to do it.

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