[Sugar-devel] Print Support proposal (need input) Beta

[Vamsi Krishna Davuluri]

I was researching that, just extracting the print-pdf modules along with its
dependencies and creating a new make (or package) should do the trick, but
my knowledge limits me from seeing an implementation for it.

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/3/19 Luke Faraone <luke at faraone.cc>:
> > 2009/3/19 Caroline Meeks <caroline at meekshome.com>
> >>
> >> Another use case is the student wants to print from home.  The work may
> >> have been done at school then the student comes home, either using SoaS
> or
> >> with a laptop and now wants to print on the parent's computer.
> >
> > For that use case, we're going to have to have some sort of
> > "install-as-needed" service. Is there a way to do so that will be easilly
> > discoverable? (I'm at a loss as to how that can be accomplished without
> > requiring technical knowledge on the part of the user, or distro-specific
> > fixes)
>
> Possibly stupid question, but why is CUPS that big?  Does it have
> dependencies we could work on stripping?
>
> USB-based printing would be great IMO.  Particularly when we're
> talking about kids with laptops other than the XO, in developed
> countries where printers at work and at home are more common.
>
> -Wade
>
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