Above my head, but it sounds interesting. Scanners would be a neat topic as well in that vein... On Friday 06 December 2002 9:58 pm, Andy Stewart wrote:

HI everybody,

If it were possible for me to get a person to speak to WLUG regarding printers and printer drivers, would that be of interest? (Hint: say "yes").

I'm thinking of a programmer's talk here, not a user level talk.

For example, what does the skeleton of a printer driver look like?

What functions must it provide to user level software, and what does it pass to a queueing system or perhaps directly to the printer?

How are JPG pictures converted to dots of ink that appear on your printer paper?

What's the deal with these different dithering algorithms? What is dithering, and why do it?

These are just some ideas to get the creative juices flowing. Let me know what topics in this realm would be of interest at a future WLUG meeting.

Once I have that information, I'll see if I can find a speaker to address these topics.

Thanks,

Andy

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Wes

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On Friday 06 December 2002 10:25 pm, Wes Allen wrote:

Hi all, I realized that I missed the installfest the other month (family was sick, as I recall); so I missed a generous offer to convert my iPAQ to linux. It's still possible.

Frankly, I'm tired of not being able to sync contacts and calendar with my laptop, and I'd like to have and ogg player in my hands as well. I'm going to try pool enough money to get an older Zaurus after Christmas, but in case I can't I'm going to convert my iPAQ. The install doesn't look that hard...but the documentation leaves a lot to be desired. Can anyone put together an "idiot's guide to converting your ipaq to linux," complete with how to stop the install of X and install qtopia instead? I'd be greatful, and I'm sure that handhelds.org would love the user-friendly documentation as well. Short answer. The documentation on handhelds.org is pretty good.

If you can make it to any future meetings, i will be able to go through the process with you, as long as i have the proper tools. The process doesn't take long.

Thanks. I'm moving out of this area sometime early next year, I'm sure going to miss this list (and the lure of meetings I never seem to get to).

Perhaps you can make it to one meetings before you leave to convert your ipaq. -brad