Convert ESP ppd for CUPS?

[David Smith]

> David Smith wrote:
> > Now that ESP is no longer...Is there a way to convert ESP PPDs to CUPS PPDs?  Or can the filters like "rastertopcl" be replace with something?
> >
> > I'm converting a server which is currently running PrintPro to CUPS and we have printers using ESP PPD files which reference filters that don't exist with CUPS 1.3.x.
>
> The rastertopcl, rastertoescp, and rastertoescp2 filters, as well as
> all of the PPD files from ESP Print Pro, are compatible with newer
> versions of CUPS.
>
> The GUIs are the only things that will not work since they depend on
> private CUPS API symbols that changed in CUPS 1.2...
>
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> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com

My older environment is on Red Hat 3.x (32 bit), and I'm going to Red Hat 5.x (x86_64).  Will these filters just copy over, or do they need to
be rebuilt?  I'll have either of the following rpms installed:

cups-1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4
cups-devel-1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4
cups-libs-1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.4

or

cups-devel-1.3rc2-1
cups-libs-1.3rc2-1
cups-1.3rc2-1

Thanks,

David