GUI to specify device dependant features

Theodoor Bongers qtb at oce.nl
Tue Jun 22 07:09:51 PDT 2004


> > I'm developing a CUPS-driver for a postscript printer. It has it's own PPD file, so most device dependent features are accessible through frontends like kprinter (or at least through the CUPS web-interface). There are some more options I would like my driver to support, but it's not possible to describe them in the PPD file. What I actually want, is to show the user a GUI to offer the full range of features. I understand that it's not CUPS' responsibility.

> Well, somehow your printer must be told the selected device dependent
> features, either via PostScript
> code or via PJL commands. What sort of options do you think cannot be
> described in the PPD?

as far as I know, it's not possible to insert string options (a username/password for example)




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