[Xprint] LQ-300+ printer support

[Drew Parsons]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 10:56 +0200, Aleksander Adamowski wrote:

> Roland, if you read this: please, tell us, is there a chance of Xprint 
> discovering the model-config info automatically from the printing 
> system? I don't ask for implementation, nor any roadmap, only for 
> acknowledgement of the problem - since to date I were only getting 
> answers suggesting that noone thinks this is needed.
> 

For my part, I'm hoping to see the problem fixed via Xprint bug #411, by
using the OpenPrinting PAPI.  This will deal with several issues all at
once: enumeration of printers (well, Xprint does do this already),
identifying the default printer, accessing printer-specific properties.
But PAPI is new and under development, Xprint will have to wait until it
is finished before we can use it.


> Ali: by default Xprint uses model configs which print in 300 DPI,  but 
> some packaged installations (for Debian) default to 600 DPI or suggest 
> this configuration to the user, since 300 DPI is a very low resolution 
> with visible printout quality degradation.

The default Xprint configuration has now been changed to 600dpi I think.
This was mainly done because the majority of printers at the moment
support 600dpi (there were a lot of complaints about the reverse problem
to Ali's, where the image only took up 1/4 of the page).



> If this is the case for you, it causes the job to be generated in a 
> resolution too high for your printer. You have to write a model config 
> for your printer and configure Xprint to use it.
> 
> Here's how to do it:
> http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html#printout_only_covers_1_4_of_the_paper
> 

You don't necessarily need a separate model config. The simplest
approach is to just change default-printer-resolution
in /usr/share/Xprint/xserver/C/print/attributes/document.

Drew