New system-config-printer
Arthur Pemberton
pemboa at gmail.com
Mon Jun 26 17:42:36 UTC 2006
On 6/22/06, Florian Festi <ffesti at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> FC 6 contains a completely new implemented system-config-printer.
>
> Features are:
> * Directly works on the cups configuration (no more alchemist)
> * enabling/disabling printers
> * Support for all PPD options
> * Support for restrictions between PPD option settings
> * can configure remote cups servers (if they allow remote
> administration)
> * limited configuration of the cups server itself
>
> There also is a new implementation of hal-cups-utils (as the old version
> used the old system-config-printer)
>
> Features are:
> * enable/disable USB printers when attached/removed
> * tries to automatically configure USB printer when first attached
> * ask eggcups for make/model if auto detection failed
>
> As this is brand new code testing is highly appreciated.
>
> Florian Festi
>
How well will the new config app handle PSC printers? Esp. those that
make use of hplip?
Any screenshots? I am not yet ready to go to rawhide on my throw away
machine just yet.
Peace
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