[Printing-architecture] [Gimp-print-devel] Printer setup tools: Automatically choose the correct backend
Till Kamppeter
till.kamppeter at gmail.com
Mon Jun 23 00:02:43 PDT 2008
David Rosky wrote:
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> Why does HPLIP need to talk to the printer to do borderless printing?
> Is it to verify the paper size that's actually in the printer? If so,
> you could either trust the paper size the user specifies.
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> Some drivers don't want to allow borderless printing if a certain *type*
> of paper isn't loaded (e.g., photo paper). Perhaps HPLIP is checking
> that. Personally, however, I'd be in favor of trusting the user, as has
> generally been the gutenprint philosophy.
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There are some printers which do borderless only for 5x7-inch-photos and
smaller and some do no borderless at all, but all the rest of the
communication protocol of these printers is the same as for the
full-borderless models. For me it seems that the driver asks the printer
which borderless type it is (and perhaps even also the loaded paper
size) to not make the printer with a borderless job sent when the
printer is not capable to print it borderless. Am I correct, Dave?
Till
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