Konica Minolta magicolor 7300 Reference Manual page 83

A PDQ driver contains all the printer options such as paper trays and media
types, as well as a system for translating print data into a format that your
printer can understand.
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If a driver is not available for your printer, an existing driver may be
modified. See the PDQ documentation for creating/modifying drivers.
XPDQ
XPDQ is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for PDQ that displays a list of
available printers and a summary of the print queue. From this dialog all
printer options defined in the PDQ driver may be set.
CUPS
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KONICA MINOLTA printers that support printing from Linux are
shipped with the required PPDs (for use with CUPS) and PDQ drivers.
CUPS allows Linux users to manage print jobs and queues with the Internet
Printing Protocol (IPP). The Line Printer Daemon (LPD), Server Message
Block (SMB), and AppSocket (a.k.a. JetDirect) protocols are supported with
reduced functionality. CUPS adds network printer browsing and PostScript
Printer Description (PPD)-based options that support printing under Linux.
CUPS, with the use of PPD files, allows you to take advantage of the built-in
printer features such as duplex and multiple media trays, and to set the
default media size and type, all from the CUPS web-based GUI. However, a
problem may arise when printing from applications that allow you to choose
printer options because the application options override the CUPS options.
For example, if you choose a different paper size in the Netscape print dialog
than the one chosen in the CUPS options, then the Netscape choice would
override the CUPS choice and be used. To avoid this problem, confirm that
the application settings match the CUPS settings.
There are known margin alignment problems when printing duplex from Linux
using CUPS with Windows NT PPDs.
XPP
XPP is a GUI for the CUPS printing system. The X Printing Panel (XPP) is a
free tool (under the GNU General Public License - GPL) that allows you to
select from a list of available printers and to set printer options. One simply
uses the program (xpp) instead of the usual utilities (lpr or lp) at the command
line or from applications.
Common Printing Methods
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