[cups] CUPS driver for Xerox Phaser 6600

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Jul 19 02:34 Doug Ritchie wrote (excerpt):
> doesn't cups just needs the PPD file

it depends.

Only if it is a real PostScript printer
then the PPD file alone is sufficient,
see the sections about "PPD files ..."
and "Printer drivers ..." in
https://en.opensuse.org/Concepts_printing


>> CUPS driver for a Xerox Phaser 6600DN printer

The German specifications for a "Phaser 6600" at
https://www.xerox.de/office-produkte/drucker/farbdrucker/phaser-6600/spec-dede.html
read (excerpts)
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Seitenbeschreibungssprachen (PDL)
PCL 5, PCL 6, PDF-Emulation, True Adobe PostScript 3, XPS
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"Seitenbeschreibungssprachen" means "printer languages"
and "PDL" means the same "Page Description Language", cf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_description_language
and the German
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seitenbeschreibungssprache

This indicates it is a perfectly well supported printer
for Linux and any other normal operating system, cf.
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Purchasing_a_Printer_and_Compatibility

With "normal operating system" I mean operating systems
that provide built-in generic printing functionality.
Fro example I guess some smartphone operating systems
may not provide that but rely on whatever external stuff
like some kind of cloud printing services or things like that.


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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