From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Sun Feb 26 10:55:09 2006 X-Original-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Delivered-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <1140887961.5409.8.camel@joy.home> References: <1140705148.3885.1.camel@mduckworth.phillypark.net> <001ad539.018b9e3a268c@smtp.freeola.net> <3F62B65C-CF69-4877-A090-4A61FBE495B4@epfl.ch> <1140887961.5409.8.camel@joy.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <878F1C6F-47BD-43B4-A7DC-7767CACB72F5@epfl.ch> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Philipp_Donz=E9?= Subject: Re: [MiNT] Printing Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:50:03 +0100 To: MiNT List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-To: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: philipp.donze@epfl.ch Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 tagged_above=-50.5 required=7.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Level: Hi, >> Writing a printer driver for a specific printer model is not very >> difficult. > > if this was true we would see many more printers supported. But we > don't. Go figure. HP: provides for free an "Appliance Printing Development Kit" (C++ source code, documentation) at http://new.hpdevelopersolutions.com/ spp/Public/Sdk/SdkPublicDownload.aspx Epson: Simple registration necessary (online registration, no nasty questions, just user name & password) to get documentation for current printer models. (http://www.epsondevelopers.com) Canon: Registration necessary (online, but takes up to 5 workdays to process. Lots of questions about your goals.), access to latest printer and camera documentation. (http://www.didp.canon-europa.com) But there are lots of models and it won't lead us anywhere if every developer attacks a printer family/model. First we should discuss what will be part of the VDI printing system and what will be in the responsibility of each driver. >> Does Linux manage colors? > > Linux doesn't manage colors. Linux is a kernel and doesn't care about > colors at all. :-) Very funny, I know. So if you know so much about Linux, you can tell me for sure if there is a software/system/(place here however you want to call it) *running above the Linux kernel* which manages printing accurately (=> a color management system)? >> Are there any developers left who want to attack this problem? Or are >> working on it? > > More questions: is there any interest? As has just been pointed out > elsewhere most developers don't weight printing too high :-) That's also a thing I want to know. Is there any interest? If there is no interest in drivers for current devices, why the heck are some people developing a USB interface? For the mouse and keyboard??? Philipp