[cups.general] Specify the ppd-file in printers.conf

[Helge Blischke]

Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Helge Blischke wrote:
> 
> 
>>>You have to put one copy of the PPD file for each printer into the
>>>/etc/cups/ppd/ directory, and the name of the PPD file must be like
>>>the printer name, plus the '.ppd' suffix.
>>>
>>>You can *try* to work with symlinks of the same name. I've never
>>>tested this... but you are not allowed to complain if it doesn't
>>>work, or works only with faults.
>>
>>No, you *must* *not* use symlinks, as the printername.ppd file gets
>>modified if you change the PPD defaults, such as the default page size etc.
> 
> 
> Actually, that was *one* of the potential faults I had in mind. But
> *that* is not yet a sufficient reason to forbid this experiment, since
> it may not be important to the case (some people have the same unchanged
> PPD for years).
> 

Yes, but - in the case of symlinks - a PPD change for one printer
applies the same change(s) to all printers the PPDs of which are
linked to the same plain file. That is what I mean.

Helge

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