Lars,
Lars Tunkrans wrote:
>
> You input was useful to describe the flow of data through the spooler.
>
> Staroffice has a helper utiltiy /opt/staroffice8/program/spadmin
> in which you can import manufacturers PPD files into a staroffice
> repository
> of PPD's These will then not be the same as the ones in the foomatic
> system.
It is possible to use the same PPD file for the print q and the
staroffice printer, and it seems to work fine for me. This is briefly
what I did ....
Configure a Solaris foomatic print queue using ...
/usr/sbin/printmgr &
Configure StarOffice/OpenOffice to use that print q, and its ppd
driver, using ...
/usr/staroffice7/spadmin &
new printer ->
add a printer ->
import 'driver' (ppd file) ->
browse to /etc/lp/ppd then press 'select'
- this should show ppd files for all print queues
configured using 'printmgr' #
- select the ppd driver for the printer added in printmgr
complete setup.
Note:
# - selecting the correct ppd (driver) could be difficult if you have
more that one print q configured in /etc/lp/ppd with the same printer
type, as they are displayed by 'printer type name' which is got from the
ppd file's '*ModelName:' entry. I had to do a quick edit on the required
print q's ppd file to make it easy to see which was the correct one.
# you could also browse to /usr/lib/lp/model/ppd and find a suitable ppd
driver there, but that may not have the same settings as the actual
print q's ppd.
>
> That was one of the reasons I asked the question ...
>
> We will have to analyse wheter the foomatic system is
> a problem or a benefit by trial and horror i suppose....
I hope you sort it successfully
Paul
