[MIR] rastertosag-gdi

This is a free software printer driver package for Ricoh's low-cost laser printers which do not understand PostScript or PCL.

Availability: Currently available in Universe, building on all currently supported architectures, see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rastertosag-gdi

Rationale: Having this driver in main, on the Desktop CD, gives real Plug'n'Print (plug in the printer and have it automatically set up in some seconds) for the supported laser printers from Ricoh. Currently, Ricoh's low-cost laser printers are not supported by the default installation.

Security: No security vulnerabilities known at CVE and Secunia, no SUID components, no daemons.

Quality assurance: Installs without debconf questions (package has only a postinst script to update the PPDs of existing print queues), after installation package gets automatically used when connecting a Ricoh low-cost printer to USB and printing on it or after setting up a Ricoh low-cost printer on the network with system-config-printer. The package is maintained upstream as new releases occur regularly and they get packaged for Ubuntu by Till Kamppeter who works for Canonical (see debian/changelog).

UI standards: Printer driver, set up automatically via Plug'n'Print for USB printers and via system-config-printer for network printers. Configuration as with other printer drivers via system-config-printer, per-print-job control via application's printing dialogs, as with other drivers. No additional UI (for example for nozzle cleaning).

Dependencies: Only standard dependencies: Standard libraries, CUPS, Python.

Maintenance: See "Quality assurance".