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diff --git a/kdeprint/TODO.cups12 b/kdeprint/TODO.cups12 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..436f7d0b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/kdeprint/TODO.cups12 @@ -0,0 +1,293 @@ + +TODO.cups12 +=========== + +This is a list of features that need to be implemented in KDEPrint for +KDE4. + +Many gaps have opened by the continuing CUPS 1.1.x development already +(which added quite some new parameters and features), while KDEPrint +development got dormant in recent years. Plus, even more new gaps by +the recent CUPS 1.2 release (which added even more new features). + + + --------------------------- + In General: + --------------------------- +* a GUI to configure client.conf is missing [1.1] +* a GUI to configure snmp.conf is missing [1.2] +* a GUI to configure subscriptions.conf is missing [1.2] + +Other stuff that's new: + +- port monitor support [1.2] +- unique job IDs support [1.2] +- print a self test page (if driver supports CUPS command file format, + you can now print the printer's self-test page) [1.2] +- perform a self-cleaning of print heads (if driver supports CUPS + command file format, you can now clean print heads) [1.2] +- per-printer sharing support [1.2] +- per-printer error policy support [1.2] +- per-printer operation policy support [1.2] +- IPP notifications support [1.2] +- cupsd.conf environment variable support [1.2] +- driver interfaces support (CUPS 1.2 supports "driver interfaces" + which allow a driver to advertise the printers it supports and + automatically generate the PPD file as needed) [1.2] +- improved error handling support (CUPS 1.2 API provides convenience + functions to get full error message of last request) [1.2] +- improved "backchannel" support (CUPS 1.2 API provides backends and + filters with access to information sent back from a printer) [1.2] +- globalized PPD support [1.2] +- custom PPD option support [1.2] +- extended PPD API support (CUPS 1.2 PPD API got added new functions: + reading from CUPS files; localization of globalized PPD files; + emitting of arbitrary ranges of options; custom option support [like + passwords, passcodes, curves, integers, points, reals and strings]; + enhanced JCL support; and access to all options in a PPD file) [1.2] +- CUPS ICC profiles support [1.2] + + + -------------------------------- + More specifically: + -------------------------------- + +kprinter +-------- + +* add support for "-U username somebody" (or, in a more IPP-conforming + syntax: "-o job-originating-username=username"). + +* add support for multilanguage PPD files + +* add support for other CUPS extensions re. PPD parameters; especially + important is support for handling custom PPD options! + + +kaddprinterwizard +----------------- + +* add support for IPv6 syntax when specifying or parsing network + addresses + +* add support for new "snmp" backend in CUPS 1.2. + + The snmp backend can auto-discover most printer types which are + attached to the LAN with a NIC. For a sort of introduction to its + features see http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2138/. + + To check it from the commandline, just run it without any parameter: + "/usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp" (Ubuntu Dapper users have it disabled + by default; just run "/usr/lib/cups/backend-available/snmp". If you + have network printers in your LAN, you'll likely see an output like + + network ipp://10.162.2.92:631/ipp "Ricoh IPP Printer v2.0" "Ricoh IPP Printer v2.0 10.162.2.92" "" + network socket://10.162.2.93 "infotec ISC824" "infotec ISC824 10.162.2.93" "" + network lpd://10.162.2.94/passthru "Canon iR5000-6000" "Canon iR5000-6000 10.162.2.94" "" + + kaddprintwizard should be able to parse the CUPS snmp backend's + output for adding the auto-discovered network printers to the + local setup. + +* add support for the following parameters in printers.conf (which + where newly added in CUPS 1.2.0): + - ErrorPolicy + - OpPolicy + - Option + - PortMonitor + - Shared + - StateTime + For information purposes: currently supported parameters are: + - Accepting + - AllowUser + - DenyUser + - DeviceURI + - Info + - JobSheets + - KLimit + - Location + - PageLimit + - QuotaPeriod + - State + - StateMessage + + + +kaddprinterwizard --kdeconfig +----------------------------- + +* add support for unix domain socket support (was added in CUPS 1.2.x) + + CUPS 1.2 newly introduced the option to communicate via "unix + domain sockets" for local cases (CUPS client and server on the + same host [=localhost]. That means, you can now have 2 types of + "Listen" directives (concurrently): + Listen localhost:631 + Listen /path/to/domain.sock.name + + Support for unix domain socket communication should be added at + "CUPS Server Settings" --> "Server information". + + +kaddprinterwizard --serverconfig +-------------------------------- + +* Add support for currently unsupported cupsd.conf 1.1.x parameters. + All in all 15 unsupported parameters: + - ConfigFilePerm + - FaxRetryInterval + - FaxRetryLimit + - FileDevice + - FilterNice + - Include + - LimitRequestBody + - LogFilePerm + - MaxClientsPerHost + - MaxCopies + - PrintcapGUI + - ReloadTimeout + - RootCertDuration + - RunAsUser + - ServerTokens + +* add support for cupsd.conf parameters newly introduced in CUPS 1.2.0. + Note, "RunAsUser" is no longer supported in CUPS 1.2.x! + All in all about 18 new parameters (on top of the 15 unsupported ones + from CUPS 1.1.x): + - BrowseLDAPBindDN + - BrowseLDAPDN + - BrowseLDAPPassword + - BrowseLDAPServer + - BrowseLocalOptions + - BrowseLocalProtocols + - BrowseRemoteOptions + - BrowseRemoteProtocols + - DefaultEncryption + - DefaultPolicy + - DefaultShared + - JobRetryInterval + - JobRetryLimit + - PassEnv + - Policy + - SetEnv + - UseNetworkDefault + + +Complete list of 1.2.0 cupsd.conf directives +-------------------------------------------- + +This is a complete list of all cupsd.conf parameters that may be +used in CUPS 1.2.x, alongside a listing if they are supported in +KDEPrint 3.5.3: + + + ++ = supported + -- = unsupported + + ------------+----------------------------------------------------- + Supported? | cupsd.conf directive + ------------+----------------------------------------------------- + ++ | AccessLog + ++ | Allow + ++ | AuthClass + ++ | AuthGroupName + ++ | AuthType + ++ | AutoPurgeJobs + ++ | BrowseAddress + ++ | BrowseAllow + ++ | BrowseDeny + ++ | BrowseInterval + -- (1.2) | BrowseLDAPBindDN + -- (1.2) | BrowseLDAPDN + -- (1.2) | BrowseLDAPPassword + -- (1.2) | BrowseLDAPServer + -- (1.2) | BrowseLocalOptions + -- (1.2) | BrowseLocalProtocols + ++ | BrowseOrder + ++ | BrowsePoll + ++ | BrowsePort + ++ | BrowseProtocols + ++ | BrowseRelay + ++ | BrowseRemoteOptions + ++ | BrowseRemoteProtocols + ++ | BrowseShortNames + ++ | BrowseTimeout + ++ | Browsing + ++ | Classification + ++ | ClassifyOverride + -- (1.1) | ConfigFilePerm + ++ | DataDir + ++ | DefaultAuthType + ++ | DefaultCharset + -- (1.2) | DefaultEncryption + ++ | DefaultLanguage + -- (1.2) | DefaultPolicy + -- (1.2) | DefaultShared + ++ | Deny + ++ | DocumentRoot + ++ | Encryption + ++ | ErrorLog + -- (1.1) | FileDevice + ++ | FilterLimit + -- (1.1) | FilterNice + ++ | FontPath + ++ | Group + ++ | HideImplicitMembers + ++ | HostNameLookups + ++ | ImplicitAnyClasses + ++ | ImplicitClasses + -- (1.1) | Include + -- (1.2) | JobRetryInterval # 1.1 had "FaxRetryInterval" + -- (1.2) | JobRetryLimit # 1.1 had "FaxRetryLimit" + ++ | KeepAlive + ++ | KeepAliveTimeout + ++ | Limit (Location) + ++ | Limit (Policy) + ++ | LimitExcept + -- (1.1) | LimitRequestBody + ++ | Listen + ++ | ListenBackLog + ++ | Location + -- (1.1) | LogFilePerm + ++ | LogLevel + ++ | MaxClients + -- (1.1) | MaxClientsPerHost + -- (1.1) | MaxCopies + ++ | MaxJobs + ++ | MaxJobsPerPrinter + ++ | MaxJobsPerUser + ++ | MaxLogSize + ++ | MaxRequestSize + ++ | Order + ++ | PageLog + ++ | PassEnv + -- (1.2) | Policy + ++ | Port + ++ | PreserveJobFiles + ++ | PreserveJobHistory + ++ | Printcap + ++ | PrintcapFormat + -- (1.1) | PrintcapGUI + -- (1.1) | ReloadTimeout + ++ | RemoteRoot + ++ | RequestRoot + ++ | Require + ++ | RIPCache + -- (1.1) | RootCertDuration + --(removed)| (RunAsUser) # present in 1.1 + ++ | Satisfy + ++ | ServerAdmin + ++ | ServerBin + ++ | ServerCertificate + ++ | ServerKey + ++ | ServerRoot + -- (1.1) | ServerTokens + ++ | SetEnv + -- (1.2) | SSLListen + ++ | SSLPort + ++ | SystemGroup + ++ | TempDir + ++ | Timeout + -- (1.2) | UseNetworkDefault + ++ | User + ------------+-----------------------------------------------------
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