Package: ijsgutenprint Severity: normal The package description says: This package contains the ijsgutenprint binary which provides Ghostscript with a Gutenprint driver, including all printers supported by Gutenprint.
I just found this package and have asked myself what it does. I do have Gutenprint installed and running, I have Ghostscript in use, so what is the package about? I have briefly searched the internet but came up with no answer except that this package provides a Gutenprint driver for Ghostscript. I have always thought that it is the other way round: Gutenprint utilizes Ghostscript for rasterfile generation. I am guessing that this driver lets Ghostscript produce rasterfiles which will be device independent, but first I want confirmation on that, and second if that is really the case what is the advantage of of defining a new rasterfile format instead of using Ghostscript's PNG rasterizer or a similar "standard" format. Even if I am completely mistaken, the package description does not help me with the decision whether the package is useful to me and should therefore be installed. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
