cupsaddsmb needs V6 Postscript drivers

Buck Huppmann buckh at pobox.com
Wed Oct 27 06:52:02 PDT 2004


Michael Sweet wrote:

> framk.Verlinden at hccnet.nl wrote:
> > When running cupsaddsmb (Cups 1.1.21 installed) it needs Cups V6
> > Postscript printer drivers for Windows which I cannot find on the
> > Cups site.
>
> "man cupsaddsmb" provides instructions for copying the files from
> your local Win2k or higher system.

from cupsaddsmb(8):

       cupsaddsmb  can  use the CUPS v6 PostScript printer
       driver for Windows, which is available for download
       from the CUPS web site.

then it mentions

           cupsui6.dll
           cupsdrv6.dll

in addition to the files that are found on your local Win2k or higher system

unfortunately, the only Windows drivers i can turn up on the CUPS web site are the 5.0rc and 1.1.16 packages, which contain, respectively,
cupsdrv5.dll or cupsdrvr.dll. where does one get the v6 components, either for free or for remuneration? or are they still in development?
although it seems that cupsaddsmb will leave out the cups*6.dll stuff if it can't find it, i'm supposing there's some added value in having them
installed, no? if so, how much (both behaviorally and monetarily [grin])?

thanks for the info

--buck (Rockville, MD)




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