openbsd-ports/print/foomatic-db-engine/pkg
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PLIST Update to foomatic-db-engine-4.0.8. 2011-08-25 10:40:29 +00:00
README foomatic-db-gutenprint -> gutenprint 2012-10-19 09:27:09 +00:00

$OpenBSD: README,v 1.6 2012/10/19 09:27:09 ajacoutot Exp $

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When using the Foomatic framework, printers are driven by a PPD (Printer
Postscript Description) file which, unless already provided in a
particular package, can be generated using the foomatic-ppdfile(1)
command.
Drivers availability depends on which Foomatic DB(s) package(s) is/are
installed on the system:
e.g. (non-exhaustive list) foomatic-db, hplip/hpijs, foo2zjs, splix,
gutenprint...

PPD generation example for a Samsung ML-2850D
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$ foomatic-ppdfile -P 2850 
Samsung ML-2850D Id='Samsung-ML-2850D' Driver='Postscript' CompatibleDrivers='Postscript pxlmono '
$ foomatic-ppdfile -p 'Samsung-ML-2850D' -d 'Postscript' > samsung-ml2850d.ppd

"samsung-ml2850d.ppd" can then be used as an input filter with CUPS or
lpd(8) and foomatic-rip(1) from the foomatic-filters package.