[cups] CUPS driver for Xerox Phaser 6600

[Brian Potkin]

On Thu 19 Jul 2018 at 09:13:33 +0200, Johannes Meixner wrote:

> 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

Its specs have "True Adobe® Postscript® 3™" in Language Support.
 
> > > 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)
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Seitenbeschreibungssprachen (PDL)
> PCL 5, PCL 6, PDF-Emulation, True Adobe PostScript 3, XPS
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> "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.

The printer also supports PDF Emulation and AirPrint. which makes it a
good candidate for driverless printing, depending on the OS being used.

-- 
Brian.