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

[Chema Celorio <chema celorio com>]

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• From: Lauris Kaplinski <lauris helixcode com>
• To: Chema Celorio <chema celorio com>
• Cc: Raph Levien <raph acm org>, gnome-hackers nuclecu unam mx
• Subject: Re: Gnome printing issues
• Date: 12 Sep 2000 05:25:22 +0500

> Lauris Kaplinski wrote:
> > I.e. we still go with our own PDL, but instead of starting it from
> > scratch, we'll start from existing Adobe specification.
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> I don't think this is a good idea. If we do it like this, we are 
> by default incompatible with other systems. A lot of other printing
> systems are/will using/use PDF.

No. We keep compatibility as long as it is reasonable. But we want to be
maintainers of PDL spec ourselfes, unless Adobe makes it really open.

Lauris

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