HP DesignJet 5000PS - overriding internal rip?

[Jon Beebe]

Here is an update to my progress.  I found this driver, http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DesignJet_5000, which says it works with the non-ps version of the DesignJet 5000.  I tried this on my system and it did nothing.  The printer never received any print data.

I also found the Footmatic rip (http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/foomatic), which seems promising, but I cannot get it to work.  This is probably due to my unfamiliarity with Cups.

I am not sure if either of these are the right path to follow in my quest; if anyone can offer guidance I would love to hear from you.

Thanks!

> I have a 60" HP DesignJet 5000PS.  When I print via cups it uses the internal RIP, which is slow and sometimes error-prone.  I would like to have CUPS do the ripping of the files and override the printer's internal rip.  I know this can be done because I run an Onyx rip that overrides the internal HP rip.  But can I do this via CUPS, and if so, how?
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> I am currently running cups 1.3.6 on OS X Leopard.
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> Any input would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks.
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> Jon Beebe