Re: An Idea... [ gnome-print ]

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

zucchi@zedzone.mmc.com.au (NotZed) writes:
> 
> Next we will investigate printer drivers for the other types
> of printers (PCL, Epson ESC/P2 ESC/P1 etc).  gnome-print
> already has a rasteriser for the data, we only need to add
> a configuration mechanism and the data translations required
> for colour printing (CMYK etc).
> 

Be sure to look at CUPS for this, it has an API for getting all the
printer capabilities via standard mechanisms (internet printer
protocol, ppd files, I don't know all the details).

Havoc