How to automatic to select driver whenadd printer

Mon Mar 30 02:21:40 PDT 2009

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).
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> On Mar 26, 2009, at 10:50 PM, xianyu.ge wrote:
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> > 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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> all,<br>  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, =
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