[cups.development] Text box within the GUI for the printer driver

[Michael Sweet]

On Jun 19, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Paul Grenning wrote:
> Is it possible to create a text box instead of a drop down box  
> within the printer options. It seems there is only a check box and a  
> drop down box. I have a printer option that has values of 3 to 1023  
> and having to scroll all the way through 1020 values takes to long.  
> So, I need a text box or something similar.

Normal options are just "pick from a list" or boolean.  Custom options  
can be used to allow user-entered values, but you'll still need a few  
choices for apps that don't support custom options.

See the custom option information here:

     http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/spec-ppd.html

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Michael R Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer

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