PPD for raw printer to implement filter script

Paul screwgie at gmail.com
Wed Mar 23 08:22:11 PST 2005


> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 01:09:13PM -0500, Anonymous wrote:
> > > >
> > > I don't know anything about System V interface scripts, so I
> > > probably don't want to go down that route. I want a generic PPD so
> > > that I can insert the cupsfilter line to call a filter.
> >
> > problem is raw printers' cupsFilter lines are ignored
> >
> > what you want is probably a CUPS backend, so it is never bypassed.
> >
> > bye
> >
> > Jerome Alet
> >
>
> Maybe I am not understanding a key concept here......but if I have a >generic PPD file, I will be creating the printer under that now, not as >raw anymore. It will still be a raw printer, but won't be defined as such >in cups.

Anybody?? How to define a cupsfilter for a raw printer on a per queue basis? I thought a generic PPD would be the easiest, if not I'll take other detailed suggestions.







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