Persistent settings (was Re: New printer administration tool design for comments)

[Tim Waugh]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 08:31:34PM +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:

> 2.6.1 Inheritance of settings for one printer model
> 
> Also, when a new queue is setup for a printer model which the user
> already used before, it should inherit the settings of the most recently
> used queue of the same model
> 
> Printer model is either autodetected or declared by the user
> 
> (typical use case : bigcorp site where all the floors use the same
> printers, and where dying printers are replaced by the same model from
> the corp stocks)

This sounds like a really good idea.  I think there are two cases:

a. all floors use the same printer model

This really becomes the idea that Arjan suggested, which was (I think)
that there is a site policy on which printer models should have which
settings.

Arjan, is that what you meant?

b. dying printers are replaced by same model

This doesn't really seem to be any different to 'unplug printer;
re-insert it', already covered in 2.6.

> 2.6.2 Memory of configuration strategies
> 
> I'd also be nice if generic settings (use best quality available or
> fastest printing, PS or PCL, duplex or not) could be remembered by the
> tool and applied to new queues

I don't think this can really be done in general.  Different PPDs
can have widely differing options.

Tim.
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