[cups.general] How to define generic postscript printer when using cups-1.4.2-7

[Michael Sweet]

On Dec 6, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Helge Blischke wrote:
> ...
> You need to compile the PPD from the source file:
> 
> drv cat drv:///sample.drv/generic.ppd > /usr/share/cups/model/postscript.ppd
> 
> See man drv for the details.


No, you don't need to (or want to) do this - just pass the drv: name with the "-m" option and cupsd will do what's necessary.

Also, the "drv" driver interface program was merged with the cups-driverd helper in CUPS 1.4.x - you'd need to run the ppdc command to get PPD files...

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer