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unless you take care that it is protected by special rewall rules and secure settings
in the CUPS conguration.
14.7.2 PPD Files in Various Packages
The YaST printer conguration sets up the queues for CUPS using the PPD les in-
stalled in /usr/share/cups/model. To nd the suitable PPD les for the printer model,
YaST compares the vendor and model determined during hardware detection with
the vendors and models in all PPD les. For this purpose, the YaST printer congura-
tion generates a database with the vendor and model information extracted from
the PPD les.
The conguration using only PPD les and no other information sources has the ad-
vantage that the PPD les in /usr/share/cups/model can be modied freely. For ex-
ample, if you only have PostScript printers, normally you do not need the Foomatic
PPD les in the cups-drivers package or the Gutenprint PPD les in the gutenprint
package. Instead, the PPD les for your PostScript printers can be copied directly to
/usr/share/cups/model (if they do not already exist in the manufacturer-PPDs package)
to achieve an optimum conguration for your printers.
14.7.2.1
CUPS PPD Files in the cups Package
The generic PPD les in the cups package have been complemented with adapted
Foomatic PPD les for PostScript level 1 and level 2 printers:
•
/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript-level1.ppd.gz
•
/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript-level2.ppd.gz
14.7.2.2
PPD Files in the cups-drivers Package
Normally, the Foomatic printer lter foomatic-rip is used together with Ghostscript
for non-PostScript printers. Suitable Foomatic PPD les have the entries *NickName:
... Foomatic/Ghostscript driver and *cupsFilter: ... foomatic-rip. These PPD
les are located in the cups-drivers package.
YaST generally prefers a manufacturer-PPD le. However, when no suitable
manufacturer-PPD le exists, a Foomatic PPD le with the entry *NickName: ...
Foomatic ... (recommended) is selected.
14.7.2.3
Gutenprint PPD Files in the gutenprint Package
Instead of foomatic-rip, the CUPS lter rastertogutenprint from Gutenprint (formerly
known as GIMP-Print) can be used for many non-PostScript printers. This lter and
suitable Gutenprint PPD les are available in the gutenprint package. The Gutenprint
PPD les are located in /usr/share/cups/model/gutenprint/ and have the entries
*NickName: ... CUPS+Gutenprint and *cupsFilter: ... rastertogutenprint.
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