[cups.development] writing new driver

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Mon Dec 5 06:57:36 PST 2005


Parag N wrote:
> Hello,
>       Thanks for reply. So i can write it in both ways. if i go First 
> way to write a PPD file for a Dotmatrix printer what things are required 
> for me to write a ppd file. Does Hardware specification fulfills all 
> requirements to write a ppd driver file?

For a printer that uses a language that is supported by an existing
driver, this is typically the case.  Some printer-specific features
may require additional information from the vendor (language-specific
tray numbers, etc.)

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