Re: [Gnome-print] Future Changes in Gnome Print.

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel helixcode com>]

> For PostScript printers, do you intend that this XML description would
> replace the need for the PPD file? If libppd integrates with
> gnome-print, you will still need a ppd file, but I was wondering if you
> thought this profile would serve all of your purposes.

I think we will need to "incorporate" the contents from the PPD file
into our stuff for one single reason: PPD is only supposed to work for
Postscript printers, and we really need a solution for everything, not
just Postscript.

> In either case (profile alone or profile + ppd), it should be relatively
> easy to develop a script to extract all the printer profile information
> from the existing PPD files. The ppd file lists all of the features,
> resolutions, etc. and it would be a simple matter to pull all the needed
> information from the ppd file into profile. This would automatically
> give your profiles for every PS printer with a PPD file (which should be
> every PS printer in existence!)

yep.

Miguel.