Ok - I had missed the whole thread in my earlier reply.
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 9:24 AM, C. Scott Ananian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *But*, we should be able to: > * Print postscript (or pdf, or whatever, just pick *one*) to > school server via CUP (IPP?), and install a "decent selection" of > printer drivers on the school server. Control panel for 'default > printer name', fixed to 'XS' by default. Ok - adding the XS side of this is something we can do in the 9.1 lifecycle. As I mentioned in my other email, the mechanical part of getting printing done is not the most interesting part of the job. It's the social issues around it -- handling of quotas, priorities, etc that I think deserve most attention. Paper, ink and printer time are extremely valuable. So far we have not built anything yet to share handle limited resources across users yet -- and doing it across something so lumpy as printing resources it going to be an interesting exercise in building social software. Jim talked quite a bit about this back when I was first @ 1CC, and I've seen it firsthand in many schools and tertiaries. cheers, m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel