Hi Paul, Glad to see that you like it :)
Paul Cunningham wrote: > Hi all, > > Here are some observations I made on 'presto' and the 'print system' > after installing "Solaris Nevada SunOS 5.11 snv_90" on a Tadpole SPARCle > 500 sparc laptop (http://www.tadpole.com/). > > 1. Plugged in a USB "HP Deskjet 840C" > - presto recognised it correctly and configured it okay :-) > > - in the presto 'add printer' box the 'Host:' name is set to > 'heffalump' - where did it get that name from (its not the > name of my box) ? > It is an example in the glade file itself. I think that shown up because we do not try to fill up the host field. Should be treated as a UI bug. > - it configures a print queue with 'banner always', in order > to save 'world paper resources' wouldn't it be better if > that was 'banner never'. After this is probably mainly > aimed at desktop single user machines. > We use lpadmin to create the queue but do not changes any default option, so it seems by default, lpadmin assumes banner always. > - the PPD file is choose was the first in the list of PPD > files rather than the 'recommended' PPD file. > In the next release of the presto, we are going to include any combo box called Driver, you are then allowed to choose which ever PPD file of your fancy as it is in printmgr. You can be sure to choose to right one :) Planning for snv 96 or 97. -Ghee > 2. PPD files for "HP Deskjet 840C" > - there are two 'recommended' PPD files in the 'printmgr' > list, one from SUNWfoomatic and the other from > SUNWhpijs - these two files are identical. Maybe the > duplicate PPD files should be got rid of, especially if > they on of the 'recommended' type. > 3. printmgr > - if I add a printq with 'Never Print Banner', then modify > that printq the 'banner' option in printmgr says > 'User Selectable - Default=on'. 'lpstat -l' shows it set > correctly though. > > 4. lp printed output > - a line border is printed around the edge of the page, > this is probably from the 'a2ps' filter. 'a2ps' now > seems to want the option '-=lp' set to stop it printing > this border. Maybe that should be added to the > 'a2ps filter' command line options, ie. change .. > > # lpfilter -l -f a2ps | grep Command: > Command: /usr/bin/a2ps -q -c -B -o- -1 > to > Command: /usr/bin/a2ps -q -=lp -c -B -o- -1 > > > That's it - it all looks good :-) > Paul >
