Requirements for Generic Postscript printing

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Tue Jul 26 12:17:27 PDT 2011


Logan Anteau wrote:

> I am in the process of setting up a print server on Solaris 10 to print to
> our HP LaserJets and Color LaserJets. I have to compile everything by
> hand. I want to use just the PostScript driver from
> http://www.openprinting.org/driver/Postscript because I think it will do
> everything we need. I have CUPS compiled and running currently. That
> PostScript driver does not seem to work because I do not have the
> foomatic-rip filter. So it appears that I need to compile the
> foomatic-filters package. Now I'm wondering, do I need to compile anything
> else?
> 
> Thanks

Though I myself would prefer to use HP's original PPDs, you can use the 
foomatic PPDs without compiling all the foomatic stuff if the following line 
is present in the PPD:

*FoomaticRIPCommandLine: "cat%A%B%Z"

(the "cat" is the essential word). In this case, you simply replace all 
keywords beginning with "*Foomatic" by "*%Foomatic", and the "*cupsFilter" 
lines by "*%cupsFilter", thus turning these statements into comment lines 
(or simply delete these lines).

Helge







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