How to automatic to select driver whenaddprinter

Wed Apr 1 18:32:27 PDT 2009

I am sorry for my mistake.
I fund the simple that you said, but couldn't find, could you give me the link, thanks for you work.

> cups-pdf isn't ours, so I can't help you there...
>
> The Sample Raster Driver sources (available via ADC on developer.apple.com
> ) include a sample backend and PPD that support auto-matching.  The
> PPD contains:
>
>      *Product: "(Sample Raster)"
>      *Manufacturer: "Acme"
>      *ModelName: "Acme Sample Raster"
>      *ShortNickName: "Acme Sample Raster"
>      *NickName: "Acme Sample Raster, 1.0"
>      *1284DeviceID: "MFG:Acme;MODEL:Sample Raster;"
>
> and the backend reports:
>
>      direct sampletopdf://Acme/Sample%20Raster "Acme Sample Raster"
> "Sample Raster Driver" "MFG:Acme;MODEL:Sample Raster;"
>
> On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:21 AM, xianyu.ge wrote:
>
> > Thanks for you reply, but I tried this also can't selcet driver
> > automaticly, I test under Mac os 10.5, and your good app(cups-pdf)
> > also can't select driver automaticly. if I do something wrong?
> > please tell me, thank you very much.
> >
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> >> You'll need a matching PPD, usually using Product or 1284DeviceID
> >> strings. Your backend then generates a listing that includes this
> >> information in the make-and-model and 1284-device-id fields ("man
> >> backend") which is used to match the corresponding strings in the PPD
> >> that you've installed in a common location (such as /usr/share/cups/
> >> model).
> >>
> >> On Mar 26, 2009, at 10:50 PM, xianyu.ge wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi, all,
> >>> I am new to cups, recently I begin to study cups, I have write a
> >>> backend like cups-pdf, when I add printer I can select my virture
> >>> driver, the problem is the printer can't select driver automaticly,
> >>> or have an default driver as other printer, so what can I do?
> >>> please give me some advise, any advice is welocme, thanks.
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> >> ________________________________________
> >> Michael R Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer
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