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Summer of Code/2009/Print Support (view source)
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:The moodle part can be achieved through hacking the already existing plugin [http://docs.moodle.org/en/Upload_a_single_file_assignment] and looking into the moodle API and plugin documentation. From my research so far, moodle has most of all the low level details already existing within the moodle libraries. Even $_GET $_POST methods are abstracted into simpler functions.
:The moodle part can be achieved through hacking the already existing plugin [http://docs.moodle.org/en/Upload_a_single_file_assignment] and looking into the moodle API and plugin documentation. From my research so far, moodle has most of all the low level details already existing within the moodle libraries. Even $_GET $_POST methods are abstracted into simpler functions.
:for step-3, no new code is required; a few more dependencies are required, Which wont exceed 17mb. We will be including print directly (usb), as an option under the item's right click menu too. This will have the same code as print to pdf for the most part,and will have added code to select a new default printer.
:for step-3, no new code is required; a few more dependencies are required, which wont exceed 16mb. We will be including print directly (usb) as an option under the item's right click menu too. This will have the same code as print to pdf for the most part, but will have added code to select a new default printer.
:''Is there a disadvantage in relying upon moodle for network printing?''
:''Is there a disadvantage in relying upon moodle for network printing?''
:* Will be able to print to any USB printer
:* Will be able to print to any USB printer
:* Will be able to output a print as a PDF
:* Will be able to output a print as a PDF
:* Includes a local queue and a teacher queue
:* Includes a user queue and a teacher queue
:* automatically parses print requests to the print page
:* automatically parses print requests to the print page
:* Uses moodle as interface for teacher moderated printing
:* Uses moodle as interface for teacher moderated printing