Hello Andrew,

On 6/11/18, Andrew Greig via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On 11/06/18 17:14, Mark Trickett via luv-main wrote:
>> Hello Andrew,
>>
>> On 6/11/18, Andrew Greig via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have had a pretty crappy run with print drivers on my Ubuntu 18.04
>>> desktop, including one that I got from Epson in England.

Printers are pretty useful, but too many use proprietary commands. At
least the HP Printer Control language (think I got that right) is
reasonably standard, along with a "correct" Postscript implementation.
The Epson EscP2 (I think) is also reasonably well documented. As to
why Canon had to develop the CAPT interface, I suspect not paying
licence money, and it sucks. I have learned quite a lot about the
architecture and control of CUPS, but a lot more yet before I can
properly sort out my problems.

>> I will be better with the Brother colour lasers, especially the one I
>> more want to use, it supports BrotherScript, a variant on Postscript.

As mentioned elsewhere, a PPD file is part of the solution, but only
part. I too am pleased to know of more parts to the Apt toolset.

>>> Gratefully
>>>
>>> Andrew Greig

Regards,

Mark Trickett
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