----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Cascone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:48 pm Subject: Canon i950 printer ppd file
> I'm trying to get my DebianPPC iBook hooked up to a Canon i950 (via > a > USB connection; not over a network - yet) > I ran the Gnome CUPS manager and it's looking for a ppd file for > the > printer...none are to be found in either the foomatic db or the > library > for CUPS > I looked on the canon ftp site and only found drivers for i386 > availableq: do the .exe's in the canon ftp downloads contain ppd > files?if so, and these are text files is there any modification > that needs to > be done to get them to work on a ppc? > if the canon ftp exe's do not contain ppd files then can someone > point > me to where I might find one for the Canon i950 printer? > or is there a ppd for another Canon model that would work with some > mods? > btw: I've already trawled the linuxprinting.org site for info... > thanks in advance > KIM > Check out http://linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/III.PostScript-and-PPDs/III.PostScript-and-PPDs.html and http://linuxprinting.org/ppd-doc.html The short version is that you can use a Windows ppd. The second link says that a ppd for Win NT is preferable, but other sources just said Windows in general. Put the file in /usr/share/cups/model/ and give it a whirl. Matt also having issues with Canon printers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
