From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <485F4A93.3080303@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:02:43 +0200 From: Till Kamppeter MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <485AD507.4050300@gmail.com> <485B474D.9070803@gmail.com> <4665C7B0F1146045A32E6AA72D0D62D741A40F26@G3W0634.americas.hpqcorp.net> <200806211529.m5LFTs8h007154@dsl092-065-009.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Printing-architecture] [Gimp-print-devel] Printer setup tools: Automatically choose the correct backend List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: David Rosky Cc: Tim Waugh , "printing-foomatic@lists.linux-foundation.org" , "SUFFIELD, DAVID (HP-Vancouver, ex1)" , Printing-japan , "printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org" , gimp-print-devel@lists.sourceforge.net David Rosky wrote: > > > > Why does HPLIP need to talk to the printer to do borderless printing? > Is it to verify the paper size that's actually in the printer? If so, > you could either trust the paper size the user specifies. > > > Some drivers don't want to allow borderless printing if a certain *type* > of paper isn't loaded (e.g., photo paper). Perhaps HPLIP is checking > that. Personally, however, I'd be in favor of trusting the user, as has > generally been the gutenprint philosophy. > There are some printers which do borderless only for 5x7-inch-photos and smaller and some do no borderless at all, but all the rest of the communication protocol of these printers is the same as for the full-borderless models. For me it seems that the driver asks the printer which borderless type it is (and perhaps even also the loaded paper size) to not make the printer with a borderless job sent when the printer is not capable to print it borderless. Am I correct, Dave? Till