Carlos Carvalho writes: > > I have however a more fundamental objection to the unix print model. > It's not good for modern printers that have many configuration > options, like color/mono, paper/transparency, high/low resolution, > econo mode, etc. The number of alternatives is so big that you need a > graphic or menu interface to configure it for each print job. > Separating the options in different queues is not feasible because you > need to have tens of them. And the configuration interface must be > available from the print menu of every application and from the > command line. It surely can be done, but I've never heard of it.
If you use a PS printer (or gs) consider trying the psptools package when it will be available, and use a PPD file which describes your printer's capacities. Yves.
