Re: Things and such

wow, that's an E-MAIL

2) Nestor, thanks for initiating discussion with the Inkscape folks.
 Your answers were accurate.  Can you continue to be the interface
point, at least until I'm back?

They are very busy featuring freezeing and bug hunting for next release 0.39. 
Maybe better wait.

Gutenprint everybody?

> 4) About the database request: I'd like to put all of the printers
>    into our database rather than telling people to refer to the NEWS
>    file.  This could be done with some kind of aliasing and a minor
>    API change to get the actual printer name, perhaps.
My database request for having an easy and comprenhensive search method for 
future or already users. You mean dumping from the applications database to a 
SQL command?

El Lunes, 12 de Julio de 2004 23:45, Robert L Krawitz escribió:
> I'm still on vacation.  We happen to be at a hotel with free Internet
> access.  Curiously enough, I'm having problems with web access, but
> ssh to my home machine is working just fine.  So I can't see what's
> going on with Nestor's web site.
>
> Couple of comments, though:
>
> 1) Tyler's in charge of reserving the new site or delegating it, since
>    this is part of the overall renaming project of which he is in
>    charge.
>
> 2) Nestor, thanks for initiating discussion with the Inkscape folks.
>    Your answers were accurate.  Can you continue to be the interface
>    point, at least until I'm back?
>
> 3) On GutenPrint vs. Gutenprint, I prefer the latter, but not
>    overwhelmingly.  If most people prefer the former, that's fine.
>
> 4) About the database request: I'd like to put all of the printers
>    into our database rather than telling people to refer to the NEWS
>    file.  This could be done with some kind of aliasing and a minor
>    API change to get the actual printer name, perhaps.
>
> 5) I notice that the GIMP folks are targeting a final feature freeze
>    by the end of August.  We should be considerably deeper into beta
>    by then.  Tyler, would it be practical to have enough of the name
>    change done so that we could effect final delivery of the 5.0
>    plugin to the GIMP folks?
>
> 6) I also see that the GIMP folks are looking at color management for
>    post-2.2.  This is something we should be tracking for our
>    5.1/5.2.
>
> 7) Mark, can you create a separate set of ink dropsizes for 4 pl
>    printers supporting 2880x720 vs. those supporting only 1440x720?
>    That appears to be the distinction -- the 680 supports 2880x720,
>    right?
>
> 8) Mark, the defaults probably are still too dark, since I haven't
>    reset them.  The gamma control should behave more sensibly now, so
>    you should be able to adjust that and get something reasonable.  Be
>    careful about changing the density; you may be unable to get a
>    really solid black.
>
> 9) I really don't want to put much more effort into the GIMP 1.2
>    plugin.  If you want to go ahead and do something about the size of
>    the plugin windows, do so, but coordinate it with Roger and/or Sven
>    for the 2.0 plugin.
>
> 10) I guess it's too late now, but Roger, did you get a chance to
>     experiment with the R800?
>
> 11) Krishna, your problem with the PM-940C sounds like a Gimp-Print
>     bug.  I had to guess at the parameters for this printer, and
>     evidently I guessed wrong.  Can you determine the number of
>     nozzles for each color for this printer?
>
> I may be able to read email once in a while, but for the most part
> I'll be offline.  So far vacation has gone well; we were at the Tall
> Clubs International convention in Niagara Falls (Canada), and we're
> now in the Adirondack Mountains of northeast New York (USA).  I've
> taken about 2000 photos to date.


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