[cups.development] How to automatic to select driver whenadd printer

Mon Mar 30 09:44:39 PDT 2009

cups-pdf isn't ours, so I can't help you there...

The Sample Raster Driver sources (available via ADC on developer.apple.com 
) include a sample backend and PPD that support auto-matching.  The  
PPD contains:

     *Product: "(Sample Raster)"
     *Manufacturer: "Acme"
     *ModelName: "Acme Sample Raster"
     *ShortNickName: "Acme Sample Raster"
     *NickName: "Acme Sample Raster, 1.0"
     *1284DeviceID: "MFG:Acme;MODEL:Sample Raster;"

and the backend reports:

     direct sampletopdf://Acme/Sample%20Raster "Acme Sample Raster"  
"Sample Raster Driver" "MFG:Acme;MODEL:Sample Raster;"

On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:21 AM, xianyu.ge wrote:

> Thanks for you reply, but I tried this also can't selcet driver  
> automaticly, I test under Mac os 10.5, and your good app(cups-pdf)  
> also can't select driver automaticly. if I do something wrong?  
> please tell me, thank you very much.
>
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>> You'll need a matching PPD, usually using Product or 1284DeviceID
>> strings. Your backend then generates a listing that includes this
>> information in the make-and-model and 1284-device-id fields ("man
>> backend") which is used to match the corresponding strings in the PPD
>> that you've installed in a common location (such as /usr/share/cups/
>> model).
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>> On Mar 26, 2009, at 10:50 PM, xianyu.ge wrote:
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>>> Hi, all,
>>> I am new to cups, recently I begin to study cups, I have write a
>>> backend like cups-pdf, when I add printer I can select my virture
>>> driver, the problem is the printer can't select driver automaticly,
>>> or have an default driver as other printer, so what can I do?
>>> please give me some advise, any advice is welocme, thanks.
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