On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 07:15:11PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote:
> Could you please give me some more explanations. Are you saying that the
> Epson printers will not work with CUPS even if the appropriate PPD files
> are reachable by CUPS.
yes. you need the right driver. PPD files are not drivers; they are
"descriptions" of the printer and the driver options.
> My HP printers have always been able to work that way (just by
> downloading PPD file from Linux Printing on the third page of CUPS
> web management tool) in both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. I am not talking about
> simple text or ps files. I am talking about printing images from
> browsers and gimp as well as printing from applications like xdvi or
> xpdf (I obviously use TeX).
then the drivers those PPD files used for those printers must have
been availble on your system.
>
> Yes, I am aware that foomatic-db can generate PPD files for you. I have
> never used it though. Could you post some link or how to use
> foomatic packages. I would really like to learn.
install the packages. read the info that is displayed when the
package is installed, then read foomatic-ppdfile(1).
> Any strong opinion on LPD vs LPRng vs CUPS issue? I am not a
> professional system administrator and there is way too much Linux and
> CUPS around me for my taste. I want to hear from the serious people what
> are the benefits of one system over the another.
lpd - part of the base system. lightweight and very reliable.
CUPS - relatively easy set up and ability to tweak options "on the
fly".
lprng - never used it.
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