Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 472

Gimp-Print PPD Files in the cups-drivers-stp
Package
Instead of foomatic-rip, the CUPS filter rastertoprinter from Gimp-Print
can be used for many non-PostScript printers. This filter and suitable Gimp-Print PPD
files are available in the cups-drivers-stp package. The Gimp-Print 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 manufacturers
that are released under a sufficiently liberal license. PostScript printers should be con-
figured with the suitable PPD file of the printer manufacturer, because 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 detection 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) entry 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 con-
tains only one PPD file for similar models, for example, if there is no separate PPD
file for the individual models 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, for example,
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