close 295956 thanks Kenshi> There are alternative PPDs (foomatic-filters-ppds, hp-ppd, Kenshi> foomatic-db-hpijs, etc.), so how about other PPD?
Kenshi> Because cupsys only provides interface, I think this problem is Kenshi> from PPD or Ghostscript. HP PCL 6 driver file isn't cupsys's, Kenshi> but gs-esp's. Ian> First, I must confess that the whole post-lpr printing world Ian> confuses the hell out of me. You mention three related packages, Ian> and there are easily a dozen more. How do they fit together? I Ian> haven't been able to find any TFM on the web or in the packages Ian> themselves that would give me the big picture. Ian> Are ppds completely independent of drivers? That is, can I just Ian> grab a different ppd and drop it into /etc/cups/ppd and use it with Ian> the existing driver? Because I tried that; I apt-get sourced Ian> hp-ppd and copied the ppd for my specific printer. The result was: Ian> 1/ I got many more features to select from in the web configuration Ian> page. Ian> 2/ Printing a postscript file didn't work at all, it just dumped Ian> the raw postscript as text. Okay, so installing foomatic seems to be the solution; closing bug. I still think the meaning and relationships of the various packages need to be documented. The TLDP Printing Howto doesn't mention foomatic at all. -- I wonder which is the best virus for unix and if I can write a better one in Microsoft BASIC ? Hans-Marc Olsen in comp.unix.programmer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
