Two questions about CUPS on MacOsX

Brett Ussher breusshe at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 13 06:24:05 PDT 2009


> Thanks again, Michael!

Brett


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> On Mar 24, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Brett Ussher wrote:
> > 1.)  Does the lpadmin command-line tool exist and use the same
> > switches?
>
> Yes, Mac OS X has a standard CUPS installation.
>
> > 2.)  On Ubuntu, I'm using /usr/share/cups/model to store PPD files
> > I'm using.
> >     Where is the equivalent on Mac?
>
> /usr/share/cups/model works on Mac OS X as well.  Most Mac-specific
> drivers install their PPD files under /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/
> Resources, however.
>
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> 9:19 PM, Brett Ussher wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>1.) =
>  Does the lpadmin command-line tool exist and use the same =
> switches?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Yes, Mac OS X has a =
> standard CUPS installation.</div><div><br><blockquote =
> type=3D"cite"><div>2.)  On Ubuntu, I'm using /usr/share/cups/model =
> to store PPD files I'm using.<br>     Where is the =
> equivalent on =
> Mac?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>/usr/share/cups/model =
> works on Mac OS X as well.  Most Mac-specific drivers install their =
> PPD files under /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources, =
> however.</div><div><br></div></div><div>
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