> I have a Brother QL-570 label printer and the "ptouch" driver doesn't > seem to be available in portage: > > http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Brother-QL-570 > > I tried to install it manually as instructed by the ptouch docs: > > http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/panic/P-touch/ > > > tar zxf ptouch-driver-*.tar.gz > > cd ptouch-driver-* > > ./configure > > make > > make install > > I then restarted cupsd but no new printers show up when I try to add a > printer in the *:631 CUPS admin area. Does anyone know how I can get > get a manually installed CUPS Raster printer driver working? > > - Grant
I needed to install foomatic-db to get the PPD. I also needed to change the above to: ./configure --prefix=/usr and add a symlink like so: cd /usr/bin ln -s /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoptch - Grant
