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** Will work on Mac / Linux / Cloud | ** Will work on Mac / Linux / Cloud | ||
** Current Windows will need installation of Ghostscript, or Poppler with Cairo, to render <span class="caps">PDF</span> to <span class="caps">GDI</span> | ** Current Windows will need installation of Ghostscript, or Poppler with Cairo, to render <span class="caps">PDF</span> to <span class="caps">GDI</span> | ||
** With <span class="caps">XPS</span> may support directly, or need pdf- | ** With <span class="caps">XPS</span> may support directly, or need pdf->xps converter? | ||
* Color Management | * Color Management |
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QtPrintSupport
- Planning
- Qt 5.4 (?): QPrintJob, QPrintSettings, QPrintDocument
- Qt 5.5 (?): New dialogs supporting pull printing, preview, etc, new api as a separate QtPrint library
- Not clear if new library will be in qtbase or separate module, depends on implementation
- Schedule very dependent on available time for jlayt
- Probably delayed one release cycle, QLocale work may need to take priority for 5.4, may need to wait to drop WinXP
- Need to document design more at http://wiki.qt.io/Qt-5-QtPrint to allow others to help
- QPrintJob
- QPrintDocument
- QPrintSettings
- Can hold multiple documents / settings
- Normal api for most common settings
- IPP key/value pairs for all settings
- QPrintSettings
- Normal api for most common settings
- IPP key/value pairs for all settings
- Serializable!
- QPrintDocument
- How to do?
- Probably still derived from QPagedPaintDevice
- Holds graphics context (DEVMODE / NSView / PDF Stream) as current QPrintEngine? – Messy, requires internal access, prevents separate library?
- Holds XPS / PDF Stream? Requires all platforms to have file-based workflows, including Mac which will need to redirect to PDF first then pass to print system.
- File based workflow would allow for cross-platform n-up / booklet printing?
- Dropping XP support important here?
- QPrintQueue / QPrintDevice
- Probably not be needed if we define QPrintDevice as a queue and not physical device
- Could supply query api to list jobs, or to cancel jobs?
- Cloud / IPP
- Most platforms integrate into local spool system
- Mobile devices will need separate platform plugin
- IPP underlies most
- IPP plugin could replace local CUPS plugin
- PDF support
- Maintainer not clear
- CUPS, IPP, Cloud need PDF/A support
- Other features requested like links, etc
- CUPS
- New plugin for 1.6, keep old 1.4 plugin, dynamic load
- Could replace with IPP?
- Authentication support needed in dialogs
- Windows
- New print system in Vista, again in Win8
- XPS / OpenXPS file support needed
- Roll our own for cross-platform QXpsWriter, or can just internally wrap Windows api?
- WinRT may be different?
- Android
- New api in 4.4
- Perhaps Cloud plugins for earlier versions, or non-google options?
- May need to wait for new library
- File Printing
- Have api for supportedMimeTypes()
- Will work on Mac / Linux / Cloud
- Current Windows will need installation of Ghostscript, or Poppler with Cairo, to render PDF to GDI
- With XPS may support directly, or need pdf->xps converter?
- Color Management
- PDF set ColorIntent
- Need ICC profiles api
- Dialogs
- QPrintPreview merged with QPrintDialog for in-dialog preview
- PDF export dialog
- Need MFC coder to add stuff to Windows dialog
- Other features
- Manual duplex mode?
- Cross-platform booklet and n-up?
- Bugs
- Need new triage after 5.3,decide what to close, what to fix in 4.8
- Issues with getting 4.8 patches past support team
- Major issue with Mac PDF printing (fonts)
- Win/Mac dialogs when no printers / PdfFormat
- Others?
- Testing
- More auto tests!
- Visual testing?
- Manual test improvements – split from Dialogs manual test