There are also a lot of free drivers, in principle one can derive a CUPS
driver from any GS based printer driver for LPD and native PostScript
printers are supported through the PPD file provided by the printer
manufacturer.
For driver generation, download and building instructions check the
links on the pages
www.linuxprinting.org
www.phy.uni-bayreuth.de/till/xpp/
The first link contains a huge printer database. So most printers are
supported by free software. There are only a few printers which require
proprietary software to work, but these do not work well under LPD, too.
And all the way, CUPS and LPD can coexist. I can send instructions how
to do it.
Till
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
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> The additional printer drivers are not free software, isn't it?
>
> --
> Guillaume Cottenceau
