Thanks! > > 3) in "how to test" there is no mention of print quality > > regressions. I'm concerned that in the effort to sync with cups-1.6 > > and upstream, mostly just the mechanics of finding a printer and > > getting a page out are being tested. > > > > This is just scratching the surface. How are you going to evaluate > > quality? I'm concerned about the rasterization changes, the filter > > changes. Hopefully 1.6 may solve some of the image-quality > > regressions I've been seeing. > > 'How to test' needs to be enhanced, yes. > > > 4) In the past, I've found it difficult to debug cups filters step > > by step. Especially with so many rasterization/filter changes. As > > part of the move to 1.6, will things like: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_printing_problems > > be updated? > > These instructions are still valid with cups-1.6 & cups-filters. > > > I would love it if issues like "what driver am I using" > > could be re-integrated into the UI, or perhaps an admin level of the > > ui. Also, "what filters did I run to get to this point of output" > > in a log file. > > What UI do you have in mind ? system-config-printer ? No. I find system-config-printer cannot correctly render or otherwise limits many parts of these more complicated drivers. YMMV. I always end up going to the current cups universal interface, ie localhost:631. Say for print quality, I would check output against the following print queues. - whatever default thing Fedora suggests - whatever additional thing suggested via additional FOSS filters - stock pdfraster via ghostscript/cairo - espr raster (compat with Apple output) My questions, rephrased are: 1. How do I set this up on the GUI? How do I set this up on the TUI? Do the GUI/TUI/WebUI's sync? 2. If I have a test file, and want to print it on all the above configs on the same printer in the same setup to test quality, how do I do it? (Or any multi-config setup) How do I log the filter steps so I can pinpoint quality errors? What components do I pay attention to, what versions and interactions are important? best, Benjamin -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
