I believe modifying printer settings just hasn't been implemented yet on Linux. If you would like to make a patch to do this, that would be great since there's no one actively working on Linux printing right now.
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Andy Ames <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed that the Linux printing implementation is not going through the > same PrintingContext framework. > > Anyone know why? > > I am interested in modifying the source to add the ability to suppress > printing in a cross-platform way. It looks like PrintJobWorker::GetSettings > implements > a flag for whether or not the user should be asked for printer settings. > Depending on the value of this flag, > either PrintingContext::UseDefaultSettings or > PrintingContext::AskUserForSettings is > called. This code seems to only be executed on Mac and Windows, not on > Linux. > > Is there a known barrier to getting the linux printing flow, which is > described at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxPrinting, to work > with UseDefaultSettings and AskUserForSettings? > > Thanks in advance. > > Andy > > -- > Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -- Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev
