From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <1be90c0a050313203926362db9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:09:33 +0530 From: Prince P In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: Subject: [Printing-architecture] Re: How to convert xhtml-print to printer specific data Reply-To: Prince P List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "McDonald, Ira" Cc: printing-architecture@base3.freestandards.org, pwg@pwg.org Dear Ira, By acutal print data, what i meant was how to convert the XHTML-Print format data to a raster format. In the specification, it was pointed out that XHTML-Print is designed for low cost printers. I am trying to implement such an interpreter which can convert the "XHTML-Print data to PCL format". It would be a great help, if you can give me some links or guidelines on this. Again,the low cost printer may not have enough memory to store the XHTML-Print format data fully. In that case,how we we can covert the partial data to actual. ? Thanks again Ira, for your helping hand. On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:23:19 -0800, "McDonald, Ira" wrote: > Hi Prince, > > By "actual print data" do you mean a raster format like > PCL or a vector format like PDF or something else? > > The XHTML-Print to actual print data conversion is done > by an "interpreter" (either on the spooler or the target > printer). Support for printing of HTML documents is > becoming more common on printers. Typically, a modern > HTML interpreter can also parse XHTML correctly. > > Cheers, > - Ira > > Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect) > Blue Roof Music / High North Inc > PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839 > phone: +1-906-494-2434 > email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Prince P [mailto:prince1a@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:59 AM > To: McDonald, Ira > Cc: printing-architecture@base3.freestandards.org; pwg@pwg.org > Subject: Re: How to convert xhtml-print to printer specific data > > > Hi Ira, > Thank you very much for replying. I had gone through the > spec http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-print/ . But it speaks about the xhtml > standard only. It doesn't says how printers interprets this. Is the > xhtml-print to actual print data conversion is done through some > proprietary methods ? > > Anyway thanks for the help Ira > > > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:12:48 -0800, "McDonald, Ira" > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm forwarding your question to the general discussion list > > of the IEEE/ISTO Printer Working Group (PWG), who developed > > the XHTML-Print standard and then passed it over to the W3C, > > who adopted it as a W3C Candidate Standard in January 2004: > > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-print/ > > > > You might want to take a look at that standard itself. > > > > Cheers, > > - Ira > > > > Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect) > > Blue Roof Music / High North Inc > > PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839 > > phone: +1-906-494-2434 > > email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: printing-architecture-bounces@base3.freestandards.org > > [mailto:printing-architecture-bounces@base3.freestandards.org]On Behalf > > Of Prince P > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:05 AM > > To: printing-architecture@base3.freestandards.org > > Subject: [Printing-architecture] How to convert xhtml-print to printer > > specific data > > > > > > Can anyone tell how we can convert xhtml-print data to printer > > specific data ? I had searched the whole web, but couldn't get any > > useful info. > > > > Please help me > > > > > > Regards > > > > Prince > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Printing-architecture mailing list > > Printing-architecture@mail.freestandards.org > > http://mail.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-architecture > > >