Re: GSoC project to add CPDB support to the LibreOffice print dialog

Monthly update: July 2024

Hello everyone,

Last month, I focused on rewriting older code to incorporate CPDB frontend API functions and fix the printing process. Now, printing with CPDB works seamlessly on the LibreOffice print dialog. During this process, I discovered that the printer names in the LibreOffice dialog are static and evaluated at startup, unlike CPDB, which periodically refreshes the printer list. Consequently, the print dialog had to handle situations where a printer might no longer be available even though it is still displayed. I implemented changes for dynamically updating the printer lists and to include appropriate error handling to address this issue of stale printers while using CPDB. Additionally, I modified the functionality of the "Print Directly" button in LibreOffice so that with CPDB it now prints to the default printer initially, rather than the first available printer as it did previously.

Regards,

Biswadeep