[cups.general] upgrade ppd-file ?

[Helge Blischke]

Peter Kobe wrote:
> 
> I have a Kyocera-1900 printer
> I get a Vendor ppd-file. Its relevant lines are
> *FileVersion: "6.8"
> *FormatVersion: "4.3"
> *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
> *PCFileName: "KM1900EG.PPD"
> *LanguageVersion: German
> *Product: "(FS-1900)"
> *PSVersion: "(2014.108) 1"
> *Manufacturer: "Kyocera Mita"
> *ModelName: "Kyocera Mita FS-1900 KPDL-2"
> *ShortNickName: "Kyocera Mita FS-1900 (KPDL-2)"
> *NickName: "Kyocera Mita FS-1900 (KPDL-2)"
> ....
> Mozilla rejects printing. Comment:
> The Postscript interpreter in your printer is 2014.108
> The printout requires at leat version 2015 or greater
> ...
> 
> Is there a way to upgrade a ppd-file to a newer Postscript version ?
> Or may I dangerously edit the line PSVersion..
> 
> Peter

Edit the PPD and see what happens. In most cases it will print OK.
Problems
might occur if your Mozilla version generates certain color rendering
dictionaries
or uses CID fonts (don't know if your printer knows about them).

As a last resort remains forcing the PS jobs filtered through
Ghostscript's
pswrite device.

Helge

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