[cups.development] What's the function of Setup Tool

[Michael R Sweet]

keens312 wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> We may define the setup tool in our DRV:
> *APAutoSetupTool: "/Library/Printers/vendor/Tools/autosetuptool"
> 
> What function can setup tool provide?

It is used when adding printers on Mac OS X, either the auto-added
queues when you plug in a USB printer or when using the Add Printer
window, and allows a vendor to rewrite the PPD file for a printer.
(the tool is *not* used when adding a printer from the command-line
or web interface...)

Typically it is used to set installable options for non-PostScript
printers.  If you do not need to set installable options or have a
PostScript device, then DO NOT provide an autosetup tool.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer