Requirements for Generic Postscript printing

[Helge Blischke]

Logan Anteau wrote:

>> 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
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Alright that definitely could work. Curious on why you would prefer HP's
> PPDs? I looked around their site and I really didn't see where I could get
> them. Would HP's PPDs require anything else to be compiled? Thanks

There are zip or tar.gz archives containing the PPDs of individual printer 
models for various HP  printer series on one of the HP web sites.

The reason I prefer the vendor's PPDs is that these reflect special 
properties of the individual printers in addition to the "generic" ones.
There is no need to compile anything else.

Helge