Mark F Villa wrote:
> Norm Jacobs wrote:
>
>> The "Presto" bits use HAL and a probe program to identify new USB
>> printers when they are attached. The thing is that many printers
>> don't identify themselves as the exact model on the sticker. Often
>> they will identify themselves as "MFG XXXX series" and have several
>> different models based on the same hardware. That's why your 8150 is
>> identified as an 8100 series printer.
>> The ospm (Open Solaris Print Monitor) applet attempts to match a PPD
>> file to the mfg/mdl data from the printer, but the matching is really
>> a "best" match and not all that great yet. When we update HPIJS,
>> GimpPrint and other printer support bits, we should end up with more
>> and better PPD files to match. At any rate, for the time being, there
>> is still the potential for some trial and error.
>>
> If somewhere it could noted that there are 'alternate' PPD files, that
> might help. It would make clear that the match is based on incomplete
> information while
> suggesting alternate matches.
>
At least for the short term, we should probably change the OSPM "Add
Printer" dialog to allow the PPD file to be selected similar to what the
printmgr(1m) offers.
-Norm
