Re: [Gnome-print] Re: [Gimp-print-devel] An introduction to gnome-print (fwd)

[Ben Woodard <ben valinux com>]

> >    Anyways, that is not the point.  We have a Postscript driver, want to
> >    use that instead of an Epson, click on "driver" and select
> >    "Postscript", then click "Print".
> > 
> >    Am I missing something?
> > 
> > If I use "a" Postscript driver, how do I select the correct PPD file
> > and get all of the capabilities of my Epson printer?
> > 
> 
> I did some work for HP that addressed this very problem.  The coding
> has been done for some time now but the docs are lagging and the
> evangalism needed to announce it to the world is just getting started.
> 
> Take a look at http://libppd.sourceforge.net/ (the copyright is wrong - the guy who put together the web page screwed up)
> 
> If you go the RPM route you will need 5 rpms:
> 1) libppd http://download.sourceforge.net/libppd/libppd-0.4-1.i386.rpm
> 2) rhs-printfilters http://download.sourceforge.net/rhs-printfilter/rhs-printfilters-1.63-4va.i386.rpm
> 3) ppdfilt http://download.sourceforge.net/libppd/ppdfilt-0.4-1.i386.rpm
> 4) lpr http://download.sourceforge.net/lpr/lpr-0.50-4va.i386.rpm
> 5) gpr http://download.sourceforge.net/libppd/gpr-0.2-3.i386.rpm

err make that http://download.sourceforge.net/libppd/gpr-0.2-4.i386.rpm

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