Current Projects

Current Projects

What's Being Worked on Now

The Larger Pieces

  The client command implementation is being rewritten on top of the PAPI. With the PAPI support currently available, these command implementations can be used with rfc-1179 and IPP based servers. The work is being developed on SourceForge under the openprinting project. For more information, and to get involved, see http://sf.net/projects/openprinting

  Support of attributes, printer/server/job, from job submission/query to the printer. This will allow the print client (application, print commands) to query the print system about the characteristics of a printer and to request them.

The Smaller Pieces

  Some additional work is in progress to resolve more pressing issues with highly mobile systems that have local printers.

  PPD management - The current implementation's use of PPD files in the printmgr relies on a cache to list and display the supported printer manufacturers, models and drivers. The cache was created for performance, as reading through 2800+ zipped PPD files took far longer than any users patience with a GUI. The cache is currently static and built against the PPD files as shipped. Several people have expressed a desire to have tools to locate and install additional PPD file into the cache. This project aims to do just that.

  bugs, Bugs, BUGS