Re: Foomatic and CUPS
Bill Wohler wrote: > "Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Bill Wohler wrote: >> >>> I was under the impression that one could simply install foomatic and >>> then CUPS would then be able to present the available printers and >>> drivers to the user. CUPS would then call foomatic-configure on behalf >>> of the user to automatically put together a ppd file. This isn't the >>> case. >> >>I use cupsomatic-ppd, rather than foomatic-db, and that works great >>for me. Your mileage may vary. > > > Thanks for the pointer, Keith. I'm not using cupsomatic-ppd for two > reasons. One, it doesn't include my printer (or didn't when I looked > into it) and two, the package descriptions says this: > > For new installations please try foomatic-bin plus foomatic-db first. > Those are very good reasons. Especially the first. ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Foomatic and CUPS
"Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Wohler wrote: > > I was under the impression that one could simply install foomatic and > > then CUPS would then be able to present the available printers and > > drivers to the user. CUPS would then call foomatic-configure on behalf > > of the user to automatically put together a ppd file. This isn't the > > case. > I use cupsomatic-ppd, rather than foomatic-db, and that works great > for me. Your mileage may vary. Thanks for the pointer, Keith. I'm not using cupsomatic-ppd for two reasons. One, it doesn't include my printer (or didn't when I looked into it) and two, the package descriptions says this: For new installations please try foomatic-bin plus foomatic-db first. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and mh-e. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Foomatic and CUPS
Bill Wohler wrote: > I was under the impression that one could simply install foomatic and > then CUPS would then be able to present the available printers and > drivers to the user. CUPS would then call foomatic-configure on behalf > of the user to automatically put together a ppd file. This isn't the > case. > I use cupsomatic-ppd, rather than foomatic-db, and that works great for me. Your mileage may vary. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Foomatic and CUPS
I was under the impression that one could simply install foomatic and then CUPS would then be able to present the available printers and drivers to the user. CUPS would then call foomatic-configure on behalf of the user to automatically put together a ppd file. This isn't the case. I learned through clever detective work that I could inject my printer into the CUPS menus with: foomatic-compiledb -t cups hpijs cd /usr/share/cups/model ln -s /etc/foomatic/ppd/HP-OfficeJet_G85-hpijs.ppd Am I missing something, or is this the intent? The documentation didn't indicate that this is what one should do: I just sort of figured it out on my own. I wished the printer had simply shown up in the CUPS menu in the first place! -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and mh-e. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
