[cups.general] Cups

[Bernd Schubert]

Anonymous wrote:

> Bernd Schubert wrote:
> 
>> Another funny story is that the cups http configuration
>> frontend doesn't list all drivers. For the epson stylus
>> C82 only the non-working (Cups+gimprint) driver is listed,
>> but not the working driver (foomatic+gimprint-ijs).
> 
> Have you reported this to Linuxprinting.org???

No not yet. 

> 
>> Without
>> the kde-printing manager I even wouldn't have known about
>> the other driver,
> 
> KDE's "kaddprinterwizard" does 2 different things. It...
> 
> ...uses all CUPS PPDs as listed in /usr/share/cups/model/*
> 
> ...generates additional PPDs on the fly from the "Foomatic"
>     database of XML description files. (The foomatic DB is
>     maintained by Linuxprinting.org, and is focussed on makeing
>     traditional Ghostscript "devices" to interface with CUPS.
>     Most Linux distros ship the Foomatic packages.)

Thanks, I didn't know about the XML description files.

> 
> As you may have sensed by now, cups.org and Linuxprinting.org
> are two separate endeavors...

I knew that before, but as you might guess I didn't know who is responsible
for what ;)


Bernd