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Printer Operation
The GimpPrint PPD files are located in /usr/share/cups/model/stp/
and have the entries "*NickName: ... CUPS+Gimp-Print" and "*cupsFilter:
... rastertoprinter".
PPD Files from Printer Manufacturers in the manufacturer-PPDs
Package
The manufacturer-PPDs package contains PPD files from printer man-
ufacturers that are released under a sufficiently liberal license. PostScript
printers should be configured with the suitable PPD file of the printer
manufacturer, as this file enables the use of all functions of the PostScript
printer. YaST prefers a PPD file from the manufacturer-PPDs package if
the following conditions are met:
The vendor and model determined during the hardware de-
tection match the vendor and model in a PPD file from the
manufacturer-PPDs package.
The PPD file from the manufacturer-PPDs package is the only
suitable PPD file for the printer model or a there is a Foomatic PPD
file with a "*NickName: ... Foomatic/Postscript (recommended)" en-
try that also matches the printer model.
Accordingly, YaST does not use any PPD file from the
manufacturer-PPDs package in the following cases:
The PPD file from the the manufacturer-PPDs package
does not match the vendor and model. This may happen if the
manufacturer-PPDs package contains only one PPD file for similar
models (e.g., if there is no separate PPD file for the individual mod-
els of a model series, but the model name is specified in a form like
"Funprinter 1000 series" in the PPD file).
The Foomatic PostScript PPD file is not “recommended”. This may
be because the printer model does not operate efficiently enough in
PostScript mode (e.g., the printer may be unreliable in this mode be-
cause it has too little memory or the printer is too slow because its
processor is too weak). It also may be that the printer does not sup-
port PostScript by default (e.g., because PostScript support is avail-
able as an optional module).
If a PPD file from the manufacturer-PPDs package is suitable for a
PostScript printer, but YaST does not use it for the above-mentioned rea-
sons, select the respective printer model manually in YaST.
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