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From: Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Printing-architecture] [Printing-japan] Printer setup tools:
 Automatically choose thecorrect backend
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To: "Petrie, Glen" <glen.petrie@eitc.epson.com>
Cc: Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>, printing-foomatic@lists.linux-foundation.org, "Suffield, David" <david.suffield@hp.com>, Printing-japan <printing-japan@lists.linux-foundation.org>, printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org, gimp-print-devel <gimp-print-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>

Petrie, Glen wrote:
> I agree completely with David comments.
> 
> The comments are why I original proposed in the OpenPrinting
> architecture a "Print Channel Manager" which was to abstract the I/O
> mechanism.  

Perhaps we should provide the backend hinting in PPDs as an interim 
solution and push the implementation of the Print Channel Manager 
actively forward, raising funds/manpower ...

    Till