FreeLists / open-beos-printing / [open-beos-printing] Re: Progress report

[Philippe Houdoin <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxx>]

En réponse à Michael Pfeiffer <michael.pfeiffer@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Printers preferences application:
> - job list view implemented (displays print job of a printer;
>  allows to restart and cancel a print job).
> - printer item updates status of pending jobs.
> Besides of clean up / bug fixes and adding a network printer is not
> implemented the Printers app. is completed.

Woa. Nice job Michael. Again :-)
 
> Print Server:
> - configuration windows shows some information about the
> page format and job setup.

You means like the Dano and Windows default print setup dialog, who 
both integrate the generic page format and job setup area in the 
dialog?
I like this, it's a clever solution.

> Internal changes: print server and Printers prefs. use node monitoring
> for added/removed printers and added/removed/status changed print
> jobs.

So, now the print_server new job is triggered by node monitoring on each 
active spool/printer directory, and no more by scripting?

> TODO
> 1. Implement adding a network printer as soon as someone can provide
> the necessary information how to do that.

Well, apart the BeOS R5 builtin appletalk (PAP protocol) printers support, 
which is now a very obsolete printing protocol on a near to be outdated 
network protocol, all other networked printers support 
available for BeOS today come today as standard transport add-on, simply 
encapsulating network accesses into a BDataIO...

BTW, both IPP and LPR are already in the CVS, but 
don't build yet again since the network headers break.

So, my opinion is: let's drop the Add Printer wizard weird separation between 
local and remote printers setup and focus only writing/fixing 
network transport add-ons.
LPR + IPP should offer enough these days, maybe a SAMBA-based one could 
come in the future for a better Windows world integration...

> 2. Implement BPrintJob until the end of the year.

As team's Christmas gift!?

-Philippe