From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:32:49 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Ideas for an printer filesystem Message-ID: <20071130123249.GB14203@nibiru.local> References: <8ccc8ba40709070144y42f8c81andeb54dde4588f968@mail.gmail.com> <8607d45190b8811e23dc5426d1fbf657@quanstro.net> <8ccc8ba40709070317t600021b9jbe3715561964383e@mail.gmail.com> <20071130033720.GA2817@nibiru.local> <8ccc8ba40711300142w1ef7f32crf0371b06dd733aff@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8ccc8ba40711300142w1ef7f32crf0371b06dd733aff@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0f53c7ea-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 * Francisco J Ballesteros wrote: Hi, > Seem just too complex to me (the interface, I mean). > > Wouldn't just a directory where files to be printed can be copied suffice? No, I dont think so. Only copying one file is not enough, otherwise you have no chance for giving additional parameters like colorspace, orientation, resolution, etc, etc, etc. The application would have to handle all this by itself and would require more detailed information about the printer (which would tie the job to one specific printer). And I dont think its too complex. Starting a job is still simple: Just create a job dir, upload the content and write your parameters to the appropriate files. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------