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- TODO
- UPDATE (June 10, 2002)
- * Striping in images like ghostscript' example image "tiger.ps'
- has been eliminated by just making sure that black ink is never overprinted
- by color ink. A major reworking to cutswath.c and some improvements to
- image.c were needed. This is probably the final work done on this driver..
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- Code issues (comments by duncan):
- * implement data compression for color as well as
- black and white printing.
- * check out the new information about the buffer on the printer.
- (mentioned on ppa.devel by andrew in early 2000)
- * cleaning head codes needed. (or put them into PUP);
- document the codes in the ppa docs here.
- * should multiple color sweeps in a swath (gMaxpass=4)
- alternate between right-to-left and left-to-right ?
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- * The Windows driver also has a "normal" mode with gMaxPass=2, and well
- as "econofast" (gMaxPass=1) and high quality (gMaxPass=4). It
- alternates color passes in one direction with black passes in the
- other direction, at the same vertical position.
- If this structure is adopted, maybe the way the 600dpi resolution of black
- if reduced to 300dpi resolution in dither.c should be rethought.
- (Why not keep 600dpi black resolution ?).
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- * A FS_black_dither routine is needed in black-only printing, for high-quality
- black-only images.
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- * add autodetection of device via IEEE 1284 and other methods
- * redo debugging support (done ajv)
- * add extra .conf parameters to avoid recompiles (done: ajv & giorgio)
- * getopt() rather than current handling (done: ajv 19991003)
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- Distribution and Installation issues
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- * *BSD compatibility (partially there: ajv 19991021)
- * update README and all doco
- * update installation instructions for major distributions (caldera, RH, etc)
- * Translate man page into other languages
- * add autoconf support ? (NetBSD and alpha issues)
- * update CREDITS
- * Make install target (done: ajv)
- * make syslog configurable; stdout or syslog (done: ajv 19991021)
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- CALIBRATION
- * CALIBRATE doco, and supporting .ps file to generate page
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- Long Term wants
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- * write instructions on how to speed up parallel port (Linux 2.2.x and later)
- * write hppaconf (KDE)?
- * gs native filter rather than take pnm/pbm/ppm files
- * scpd to monitor printer status, and provide support for console alerts
- (These are dumb printers, so ...)
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