[cups.development] What's the function of Setup Tool
Michael R Sweet
msweet at apple.com
Thu Jan 8 09:44:44 PST 2009
keens312 wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> We may define the setup tool in our DRV:
> *APAutoSetupTool: "/Library/Printers/vendor/Tools/autosetuptool"
>
> What function can setup tool provide?
It is used when adding printers on Mac OS X, either the auto-added
queues when you plug in a USB printer or when using the Add Printer
window, and allows a vendor to rewrite the PPD file for a printer.
(the tool is *not* used when adding a printer from the command-line
or web interface...)
Typically it is used to set installable options for non-PostScript
printers. If you do not need to set installable options or have a
PostScript device, then DO NOT provide an autosetup tool.
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Michael R Sweet Senior Printing System Engineer
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