[cups.general] upgrade ppd-file ?

Peter Kobe kobe at physik.uni-bonn.de
Wed Dec 15 07:05:01 PST 2004


Michael,Helge 
thanks for your helpfull answers. 
 
Peter 
> 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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