[cups.development] writing new driver

[Parag N]

Hi Michael,
     can you please elaborate more on my questions as well as yuor reply to
that. what do you mean by printer that uses a language(Which language
confused). Also i have no existing driver. Are all ppd files are cups file(
i mean not foomatic files) right?
regards,
Parag.

On 12/5/05, Michael Sweet <mike at easysw.com> wrote:
>
> Parag N wrote:
> > Hello,
> >       Thanks for reply. So i can write it in both ways. if i go First
> > way to write a PPD file for a Dotmatrix printer what things are required
> > for me to write a ppd file. Does Hardware specification fulfills all
> > requirements to write a ppd driver file?
>
> For a printer that uses a language that is supported by an existing
> driver, this is typically the case.  Some printer-specific features
> may require additional information from the vendor (language-specific
> tray numbers, etc.)
>
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