[cups.general] PPD assignment other then gui?

[henri]

You may want to take a look at PrinterSetup. This is a tool for  
managing CUPS print queues. Printer Setup fully supports for  
generating or updating printers with specific PPD's.

Another option is lpadmin.

Hope this helps.

> I built a script that converts my existing HP/UX ques to CUPS.
>
> Is there a way without going into the gui to get the PPD assigned to  
> the que/printer.. By default all my printers filter through RAW  
> filter.
>
> I've build a script to determine PPD name, but I'd like a suggestion  
> on how to assign the PPD.
>
> I want to build 4 ques/printers for each physical device, that is  
> working in the hp2cups.sh script, What I've not figured out is how  
> to assign the PPD file..
> I am guessing I will have to pipe information from the chkppdname.sh  
> into an lpadmin command, and then into the hp2cups.sh script.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts appreciated..
>
> Rex M - Educational Service Unit 3, Omaha, NE