[Desktop_printing] PPD settings vs IPP options

[Kurt Pfeifle]

On Wednesday 15 February 2006 00:46, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    From: Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net>
>    Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:48:14 +0000
> 
>    On Tuesday 14 February 2006 12:40, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
> 
>    >    > A related problem is when the printer itself offers two (or more)
>    >    > choices of margins.  A lot of Epson printers, for example, offer two
>    >    > choices of margins, normal and expanded (i. e. full bleed), and
>    >    > representing this in a PPD file is problematic.
>    > 
>    >    Could you give some background info why it is problematic?
>    > 
>    > The PPD file only provides one imageable area per paper size.
> 
>    IIRC, this is by paper size *name*. AFAIK, you can define, say, 2 (or
>    more) different "Letter" paper size names with identical "PageSize", 
>    but different "ImageableArea", eg.:
> 
> Yes, but the problem is that we already offer a huge number of
> different page sizes -- on the R1800, for example, we already offer 78
> page sizes, and on larger printers even more.  Doubling (or worse)
> that leads to a completely unwieldly interface.

ACK, but that's a differnt matter altogether from what you initially
stated as the "problem"  :-)

Cheers,
Kurt