On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Leslie Katz wrote: > I hope to get a Canon PIXMA MP160 all-in-one printing with a computer > running Damn Small Linux (“DSL”) and CUPS. > > Right now, I have access to neither the computer nor the printer, but > hope to get guidance in advance about the matter. > > Last weekend, in the absence of the computer running DSL and CUPS, I > was able to get the MP160 printing with a computer running Fedora > Core 3 and CUPS. > > I did that by installing two RPMs supplied by Canon, which it said > were for Fedora Core 6. > > Among the installed files from the two RPMs were: (1) a .ppd file; > (2) a filter file; and (3) a backend file. > > The .ppd file included a line referring to the filter file. > > I have two questions: > > 1. Is there any chance that by copying all three of the files I’ve > mentioned to the appropriate directories on the computer > running DSL, I could get the MP160 to print with that computer? 2. If > not, could I edit the .ppd file to remove the reference to the filter > file and copy only the edited .ppd file to the computer running DSL, > relying on the fact that default CUPS filter and backend files are > already on that computer?
Try the foomatic debian packages, which have a compilation of ppd files as well gimp-print and guten-print drivers from linuxprinting.org ... I'm not sure how the foomatic thing works, but I know that when I installed it, I had a heap of printer drivers ready for use. Regards -- Joseph Goncalves mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 66D6 71CF 87F9 6B17 6824 C692 9FF0 1DAF 7DAE E661 -- The sight of death frightens them [Earthers]. -- Kras the Klingon, "Friday's Child", stardate 3497.2 > > Thanks for reading, > > Leslie > > -- > Visit http://stumblng.tumblr.com > An Australian lawyers' tumblelog about things (some legal, some not) > you might otherwise have missed
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