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Explainer https://github.com/WICG/web-printing Specification https://wicg.github.io/web-printing Summary Enables deeper integration with printer-related functionality in Isolated Web Apps. This API is targeted at Isolated Web Apps only and it's following the https://www.chromium.org/blink/launching-features/isolated-web-apps/ process. This API provides a set of JavaScript methods that allow developers to query local printers, submit print jobs to the most appropriate printers, and manage print job options and status. To represent these concepts, it relies on the attribute names and semantics from the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) specifications. Blink component Blink Web Feature ID No information provided Motivation The Web Printing API strives to improve the general printing experience with a primary focus on remote/virtual desktop systems by providing a seamless way for remote clients to interact with printers directly in Isolated Web Apps. The proposed API methods unlock proper printer forwarding by allowing the remote client to access essential information about printers on the near side. This eliminates the need for tedious manual configuration, such as setting up virtual printers, and excessive user interactions such as having to click through print job settings twice (once on the remote side & once locally). It also enables remote document rendering to be tailored to the capabilities of the local printer. Initial public proposal https://github.com/WICG/proposals/issues/120 TAG review https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/910 TAG review status Pending Risks Interoperability and Compatibility Other browser may choose to implement this API. Gecko: No signal WebKit: No signal Web developers: Positive (https://github.com/WICG/proposals/issues/120#issuecomment-1752979770) Positive feedback from Citrix. Other signals: WebView application risks Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? No information provided Debuggability No information provided Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)? No Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests? No Web Platform Tests are planned for the cross-platform launch. Creating Web Platform Tests will be complicated because this API connects to physical devices and this would require extensions to BiDi driver API. Flag name on about://flags enable-printing-web-api Finch feature name WebPrinting Rollout plan Will ship enabled for all users Requires code in //chrome? True Tracking bug https://b.corp.google.com/issues/302505962 Launch bug https://launch.corp.google.com/launch/4427089 Estimated milestones Shipping on desktop 147 Anticipated spec changes Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or interop issues. Please list open issues (eg links to known github issues in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may introduce web compat/interop risk (eg, changing to naming or structure of the API in a non-backward-compatible way). No information provided Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status https://chromestatus.com/feature/5100352332627968?gate=5186894732460032 Links to previous Intent discussions Intent to Prototype: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CACZWnOqSBA6cxpngy5cutJz9051RLAGgHzmHMijwvDuRTvD0Mw%40mail.gmail.com This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/698cf37f.710a0220.13b4f7.050d.GAE%40google.com.
