Changeset 14 for trunk/gui/printer/cupswiz/readme.1st

Timestamp:

Oct 8, 2012, 10:43:30 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Alex Taylor

Message:

Try to fix occasional problems creating local printer object - no longer relying on RINSTPRN to install the printer driver.
Add support for systems without a local CUPS installation (requires providing a PPD).

File:

• trunk/gui/printer/cupswiz/readme.1st (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/gui/printer/cupswiz/readme.1st

@@ -1 +1 @@
 CUPSWIZ - prototype CUPS printer-creation wizard
-Test release 3
+Version 0.95
 
 Make sure cupsport.exe is either in the current directory or in the PATH.
@@ -7 +7 @@
 (e.g. "cupswiz f:\cups")
 
-<path-to-cups> can be omitted if cupswiz.exe is on the same drive as CUPS.
+<path-to-cups> can be omitted if cupswiz.exe is on the same drive as CUPS, or 
+if OS2.INI defines the CUPS path in the key "eCups" -> "CUPS".
 
 Requirements:
  - CUPS, including ECUPS.DRV and CUPS.PDR, must be installed and working. 
    The CUPS daemon must be running.  
- - CUPS.PDR should have a bldlevel of 1.03 (February 2011) or later.  If
-   not, the created WPS printer object will not work properly until the
-   WPS is restarted.
+ - CUPS.PDR should have a bldlevel of 1.03 (February 2011) or later.  If not,
+   the created WPS printer object will not work properly until you reboot 
+   (possibly restarting the WPS will also work, but I'm not sure about that).
  - GNU gzip.exe must be installed (somewhere on the PATH).
  - RINSTPRN.EXE (included with OS/2 MCP/ACP & eComStation, not sure about
-   earlier verions) must also be somewhere on the PATH.
+   earlier versions) must also be somewhere on the PATH.
  - VROBJ.DLL (included in eComStation or available on Hobbes) is required.
 
 Current limitations: 
  - The CUPS printer is always created with default job options.
- - If your %TMP% directory has spaces in the pathname, the program will
-   almost certainly fail to work properly.  The same applies to your
-   %LOGFILES% directory.
+ - There is no way to go 'back'; if you need to go back and change a previous
+   selection, you must cancel and start over.
+ - The program has only been tested with Gutenprint, HPLIP, and (to a limited
+   extent) foomatic-rip based printers.  Other drivers packages such as SpliX
+   or foo2qpdl may work but this is not guaranteed.
+ - If your %TMP% directory has spaces in the pathname, the program will almost
+   certainly fail to work properly.  The same applies to your %LOGFILES%
+   directory.
  - No internationalization support (yet).
  - No help or documentation.