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Summer of Code/2009/Print Support (view source)
Revision as of 20:58, 28 March 2009
, 20:58, 28 March 2009→You and the community
:"In order for Sugar to be adopted in schools with existing IT infrastructure, it must give users an easy way to print their documents.If that printing could be routed through a teacher-controlled visual :print queue, then in this regard Sugar would be the most preferred solution for primary education and schools with limited IT resources."
:"In order for Sugar to be adopted in schools with existing IT infrastructure, it must give users an easy way to print their documents.If that printing could be routed through a teacher-controlled visual :print queue, then in this regard Sugar would be the most preferred solution for primary education and schools with limited IT resources."
:'''From Martin Langhoff'''
:"
So children can print their own renditions of Robocop on a Unicorn.
:The goal of your project is to have a simple, effective and portable
:way to print documents from the Sugar environment. The most immediate
:outcome will be very straightforward printing through a School Server.
: Printing is a very popular request in our DIY community so it is also
:important to ensure that printing is workable even in the absence of a
:School Server."
So children can print their own renditions of Robocop on a Unicorn.
The goal of your project is to have a simple, effective and portable
way to print documents from the Sugar environment. The most immediate
outcome will be very straightforward printing through a School Server.
Printing is a very popular request in our DIY community so it is also
important to ensure that printing is workable even in the absence of a
School Server.
:'''2 Sugar Labs will be working to set up a small (5-30 unit) Sugar pilot near each student project that is accepted to GSoC so that you can immediately see how your work affects children in a deployment. We will make arrangements to either supply or find all the equipment needed. Do you have any ideas on where you would like your deployment to be, who you would like to be involved, and how we can help you and the community in your area begin it?'''
:'''2 Sugar Labs will be working to set up a small (5-30 unit) Sugar pilot near each student project that is accepted to GSoC so that you can immediately see how your work affects children in a deployment. We will make arrangements to either supply or find all the equipment needed. Do you have any ideas on where you would like your deployment to be, who you would like to be involved, and how we can help you and the community in your area begin it?'''