mapping a printer model with an Appropriate ppd file

[Michael Sweet]

svalbard wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am currently working on building a GUI  to be interfaced with CUPS 1.3.4 package; In my GUI I have a list of printer manufacturers mapped
> With various printer models ; and for a particular printer model selected I needed to know how to map that model with an Appropriate ppd file; as I am using lpadmin command to configure a printer and it has an option of specifying –m model.ppd  ;and  I needed this mapping of the model with the corresponding ppd file to be used in the lpadmin command ;else it takes it as a raw printer.
> 
> How do I handle the mapping?? and how to place this in the lpadmin command.
> 
> Any help in this regard will be greatly appreciated.

Best thing to do is use the CUPS APIs directly.  The CUPS_GET_DEVICES
operation lists the available devices, ad the CUPS_GET_PPDS operation
can be used to lookup PPDs that match the make, model, and device ID
of an individual device...

Once you find the matching driver, use the CUPS_ADD_MODIFY_PRINTER
operation to add the printer with the device URI and PPD name you
got from the other two requests.

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