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23.8.3 PPD Files in Various Packages
The YaST printer configuration sets up the queues for CUPS using only the PPD files
installed in
/usr/share/cups/model
. To find the suitable PPD files for the
printer model, YaST compares the vendor and model determined during hardware de-
tection with the vendors and models in all PPD files available in
/usr/share/cups/
model
on the system. For this purpose, the YaST printer configuration generates a
database from the vendor and model information extracted from the PPD files. When
you select a printer from the list of vendors and models, receive the PPD files matching
the vendor and model.
The configuration using only PPD files and no other information sources has the advan-
tage that the PPD files in
/usr/share/cups/model
can be modified freely. The
YaST printer configuration recognizes changes and regenerates the vendor and model
database. For example, if you only have PostScript printers, normally you do not need
the Foomatic PPD files in the
cups-drivers
package or the Gimp-Print PPD files
in the
cups-drivers-stp
package. Instead, the PPD files 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 configuration
for your printers.
CUPS PPD Files in the
cups
Package
The generic PPD files in the
cups
package have been complemented with adapted
Foomatic PPD files for PostScript level 1 and level 2 printers:
•
/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript-level1.ppd.gz
•
/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript-level2.ppd.gz
PPD Files in the
cups-drivers
Package
Normally, the Foomatic printer filter
foomatic-rip
is used together with Ghostscript
for non-PostScript printers. Suitable Foomatic PPD files have the entries
*NickName:
... Foomatic/Ghostscript driver
and
*cupsFilter: ...
foomatic-rip
. These PPD files are located in the
cups-drivers
package.
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