Raw print queue breaks cupsaddsmb -a

[Helge Blischke]

Bryan Maupin wrote:

> I have a CUPS server running on RHEL5 with printers added via Samba.  Some
> of them are set up with a PPD, but I recently needed to add raw printers. 
> Now, when I run cupsaddsmb -a, it runs fine until it hits the first raw
> print queue, and then stops with this error:
> 
> cupsaddsmb: No PPD file for printer "queue-name" - Not Found
> 
> The only relevant thing I found using Google was this:
> 
> "Use a "minimal" PPD that passes the "cupstestppd" checks. Make that PPD
> so that the queue behaves like a raw queue (add the line '*cupsFilter:
> "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 -"'). "
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.printing.cups.general/22382
> 
> 1. Is this the only way around this problem?
> 2. If so, does anyone have such a file?
> 
> Thanks!

You can simply use the PPD that is the default for that printer and add the 
mendioned line.

Helge