Find CUPS Driver Automatically

keens312 keens312 at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 7 19:49:12 PDT 2008


> keens312 wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > The CUPS driver cannot be loaded automatically.
> >
> > In Tioga model, if driver deployed, when printer power on or user select the printer in printer center, OSX will search the correct driver and use it.
> >
> > In CUPS model, I have to "select a driver to use...". Users have to do more mouse work to found the driver.
> >
> > My questions is that is it possible to make the CUPS driver has the same machinism like Tiago to find driver automatically?
>
> You need to provide matching Product and/or 1284DeviceID values in
> your PPD file.
>
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com

Hi Micahel,

It works great, thanks very much.

Attribute "1284DeviceID: "MANUFACTURER:Hewlett-Packard;MODEL:HP LaserJet P1005"

Keene





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