Ppd Driver (For Linux And Applications); Ppd Driver Types; About The Ppd Driver For Linux - Oce cm3522 User Manual

Appendix
15.4

PPD driver (for Linux and applications)

15.4.1

PPD driver types

The PPD driver contains the PPD information for Mac OS 9, Linux, and applications.
Driver for Linux: Install for use with Linux
(Contains PPD for Linux and PPD for OpenOffice)
Driver for applications: Install the driver when using applications such as Adobe PageMaker that require the
PPD driver.
15.4.2

About the PPD driver for Linux

Operating environment
Supported operating systems: Red Hat Linux 9/SuSE Linux 8.2
Supported PostScript level: 3.0
CUPS: 1.1.17
To register the PPD driver for Linux
1
Copy the PPD file to the CUPS model directory. (/usr/share/cups/model when mainly Linux)
2
In CUPS Printing System, click the [Add Printer] button, and then specify PPD to add this machine.
Note
For details on CUPS, click the [Help] button in the CUPS Web management page.
To set up the PPD driver for Linux
Specify the functions by clicking the [Configure Printer] button in CUPS Printing System.
To register the PPD driver for OpenOffice
1
In CUPS Printing System, click the [Add Printer] button, and then specify PPD to add this machine.
2
Open the OpenOffice Printer Administrator tool.
3
Click the [New Printer] button.
4
In the Choose a device type dialog box, select "Add a printer", and then click the [Next] button.
5
In the Choose a driver dialog box, click the [Import] button.
6
Select "GENERIC 35C-4 OpenOffice PPD", and then click the[OK] button.
7
From the "Please Select a Suitable driver." list, select "GENERIC 35C-4 OpenOffice PPD", and then
click the [Next] button.
8
In the Choose a command line dialog box, select the printer that was added to CUPS, and then click
the [Next] button.
9
Click the [Finish] button.
To print with OpenOffice
1
From the [File] menu in OpenOffice, select "Print".
2
Select "GENERIC 35C-4 OpenOfficePPD" in "Printer name".
3
Click the [Properties] button.
4
Select the desired setting from the "Page size" drop-down list, and then click the [OK] button. To
specify settings other than the page size, click the [Configure Printer] button in CUPS Printing System.
5
To print, click the [OK] button in the OpenOffice print dialog box.
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