[cups.general] Oki B440dn

[Axel Braun]

Hello Johannes,

thanks for your comprehensive explanation!

Ax

Johannes Meixner wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> On Sep 28 13:55 Axel Braun wrote (shortened):
>> does anyone know if this printer works with CUPS (1.4.4, as it ships with
>> openSUSE 11.3). I could not find it in the linuxprinting.org database.
> 
> The question is not whether or not a particular printer model
> works with CUPS but whether or not there is a driver plus a PPD file
> for a non-PostScript printer available or only a PPD file for a
> real PostScript printer.
> 
> Have a look at the openSUSE manuals or see
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell
> and
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Purchasing_a_Printer_and_Compatibility
> 
> Regarding the Oki B440dn:
> A search using Google found this German technical data page
> http://www.oki.de/drucker/monodrucker/desktop-
printers/detail.aspx?prodid=tcm:90-3483-16
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> B440
> ...
> Druckersprachen: PCL5e, PCL6, PostScript 3, IBM ProPrinter, EPSON FX
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> ("Druckersprachen" means "printer languages")
> 
> Therefore the Oki B440dn should be a PostScript level 3 printer.
> 
> In this case use the exact matching PPD file from Oki for
> your model to get all its features supported, see
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Purchasing_a_Printer_and_Compatibility
> 
> You may have to ask Oki how to get it (e.g. somewhere on their
> driver CD or somewhere on their Internet web pages).
> 
> You can set up the printer with a PPD file using the "lpadmin"
> command as described in "Command-line Tools" at
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell
> 
> Alternatively or additionally you may make the PPD file available
> for CUPS so that various printer set up tools can use it to set
> up a printer: Copy the PPD file to /usr/share/cups/model/
> or use in YaST the [Add Driver] or [Driver Packages] function.
> 
> For plain printing you may use the generic PPD file for generic
> PostScript printers but this would not support all features
> of the specific model Oki B440dn (e.g. a duplex unit - if the
> addendum "d" in the model name means "duplex").
> 
> In YaST use the search function to find "generic" PPD files,
> see the help text in YaST or see "Command-line Tools" at
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell
> if you prefer to use the "lpadmin" command.
> 
> By the way:
> If the addendum "n" in the model name means "network", see
> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printing_via_TCP/IP_network
> and
> http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.4/network.html
> 
> 
> Kind Regards
> Johannes Meixner