Re: [Gnome-print] why are we running all the print-jobs thru themetafile ?

[Lauris Kaplinski <lauris helixcode com>]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Chema Celorio wrote:

> We are running all ouput thru the metafile, and then playing it back.
> I know we need this for the Print Preview driver. 
> 
> Is there a reason for running ALL the print commands thru the metafile,
> even when not print previewing ?

To implement invisible spooling, rerouting etc. IMHO. Something like
gnomeprintmanager should decide later, how and when to reply metafile,
user just does printing.


L.