[Gnome-print] [Fwd: Gnome printing issues]

[Chema Celorio <chema celorio com>]

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• From: Lauris Kaplinski <lauris helixcode com>
• To: Raph Levien <raph acm org>
• Cc: gnome-hackers nuclecu unam mx, Robert Krawitz <rlk alum mit edu>
• Subject: Re: Gnome printing issues
• Date: 12 Sep 2000 02:28:54 +0500

>    Thus, I now recommend that PDF be used as a default intermediate
> representation for documents to be printed, and that Ghostscript be
> used to rasterize the pages for printing to local inkjet printers.

However good is PDF, I think Gnome shouldn't use it as printing
meta-format,
as long as it is controlled by Adobe. File formats, API-s etc. should be
even more free than programs, IMHO.

>    There are a number of advantages to using PDF, and no serious
> disadvantages. The main advantage is flexibility in spooling. In a

Well, one is. It is proprietary.

Lauris

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