Comment 10 for bug 24689

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In , Dvschweiger (dvschweiger) wrote :

(In reply to comment #3)
> - Capabilities like duplex, etc, can be queried from the
> gnome-print dialog. The set of options supported by the
> gnome-print dialog has a few things not supported by
> mozilla so there would likely have to be a bit of extension
> of the mozilla printing code for optimum integration.
> The main thing I saw here was the ability to do non-collated
> multiple copies. (1,1,2,2 instead of 1,2,1,2)

XPrint supports duplex, simplex, etc, from the Mozilla print dialog. What is the
gain here?

> Cheerleading: this would be a huge win for users; unlike the
> XUL dialog, the gnome-print dialog properly interacts
> with CUPS on the system to list printers and be aware of the
> particular options available on those printers. Plus, the
> consistency would be wonderful to have.

CUPS, LPRng, etc, are supported by XPrint, too. Again what is the gain here?