User`s guide

Appendix B:Device Driver Configuration
38 - PShop User’s Guide
Overview
The first part of this section describes the format of the ID files which are used
by PShop to define printer configurations. The second part describes ID file
extensions, particularly the use of Ghostscript and PostScript Printer Description
(PPD) files
ID Files
PShop uses ID files to determine configurations for different printers. The ID file
includes information such as printer port, device driver, paper size, resolution,
multiple configurations, and so forth. It is a plain ASCII text file so
administrators can easily change the default settings and add customizations to
suit their environments.
Usage
PShop provides many ID file templates in the directory $VV_HOME/id. When
you install a printer using ps_install, ps_install writes a customized version of the
ID file into the $VV_HOME/config directory. These files have the values
appropriate to your printer configuration. You may subsequently edit the file
manually to adjust the default paper size, margin settings, or to simply add
additional functionality.
Format
Here is a sample ID file (template from $VV_HOME/id) for a Hewlett Packard
DeskJet printer with two cartridges, such as the DeskJet 660C:
# Printer configuration file for Vividata's Vividrivers
# @(#)deskjet_dual.id 1.2 12/01/97
#
# NOTE: These printers use both a color and a black cartridge.
# This configuration file assumes you want to print your
color
# images in color (the "cdj550" Device_driver); to print
# black only, either set "-tag=mono" in vvprint's command
line
# options, or change the default Device_driver value to
"cdjmono".
Name: HP DeskJet Series (Generic Dual-Cartridge)
Scanner_port: none