Printing Service

Submitted by Robert Szeleney on Thu, 2006-09-21 14:06.

The Printing Service, based on CUPS, has been implemented.

With the Printer Configuration (System Manager Plugin) it is now very easy to add and manage your printers,
be it locally connected (USB) or network (Windows, Linux, Samba, IPP) printers.

The entire printing system is implemented as a service (like most other SkyOS Subsystems), which can easily be enabled/disabled on demand.

With roughly 1000 supported printers the next SkyOS build will enable you to print your favorite documents in various formats, including:
Postscript, DVI, GIF, JPEG, PDF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF and many more.

USB

And here it is, the first ever printed document from SkyOS:

USB



Congrats Robert !

Submitted by Lakedaemon on Thu, 2006-09-21 14:33.

Good work !

I can't wait to read about what you do next.

Excellent

Submitted by Chris Marshall on Thu, 2006-09-21 15:40.

Excellent news...

Congratulations Robert this is awesome...

Now all we need is OpenOffice and we will have a sweet OS.
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Chris

Nice Job!

Submitted by vargadanis on Thu, 2006-09-21 17:35.

I wish you were wokring faster. ^_^ This is a milestone.

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Dani

SkyNet huh? Looks like

Submitted by GregVernon on Thu, 2006-09-21 23:24.

SkyNet huh? Looks like SkyOS IS trying to take over the world :)

Congrats Robert!

Another Milestone

Submitted by hillbilly on Fri, 2006-09-22 15:28.

This is the good stuff. Printing is such a basic necessity of computing. I am glad this one is nailed down.

Viva las SkyOS!

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Nice!

Submitted by Kelly on Fri, 2006-09-22 21:47.

You totally rock, Robert! :)

Kelly Rush
SkyOS Business Relations

Will there be a

Submitted by Almafeta on Mon, 2006-09-25 19:34.

Will there be a closed-source alternative available in the future?