New system-config-printer

[Arthur Pemberton]

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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