Multiple printer feature for Batik

[Amarnauth Sukhu <as...@gmail.com>]

Hi,
I am a software developer for SITA (http://www.sita.com/) and we are
planning on using the SVG printer feature of Batik. We want to be able to
(without using a GUI):
1) Send the print job to any connected printer
2) Be able to set the DPI of the print job.
3) Be able to find what supported sizes the printer has, and be able to
scale to that page size if possible.

So we went ahead and modified the PrintTranscoder.java file
(see attachment).

We would like to know if you can incorporate our modifications and hopefully
the other support we are looking to have. If you have any questions or
concern, please don't hesitate to reply back to this email.

Sincerely,
-- 
Amarnauth Sukhu

Re: Multiple printer feature for Batik

[Helder Magalhães <he...@gmail.com>]

> So we went ahead and modified the PrintTranscoder.java file
> (see attachment).

I haven't analyzed the attachment with detail but it's always great
when something is shared to the community. ;-)


> We would like to know if you can incorporate our modifications and hopefully
> the other support we are looking to have.

I can't speak by myself as I'm not a project committer, but I'd say
that the best way to contribute (according to the FAQ [1]) would be
creating a patch from your modifications against the trunk version [2]
and attach it to a new issue in the bug tracker [3] (likely a request
for extension, RFE), where the purpose of the features to be
introduced are explained, etc..

Although the FAQ states that patches can also be made available
through the mailing list, I'd personally suggest that using the bug
tracker will be a way to prevent the patch getting lost within the
mailing list, while providing a better way to review the patch and
making it more visible to other users in search for features and/or
extensions. :-)


Hope this helps,

  Helder Magalhães


[1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/faq.html#submit-patches
[2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/download.cgi#Subversion+repository
[3] http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&bug_status=__open__&product=Batik

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