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тАО11-20-2009 05:37 AM
тАО11-20-2009 05:37 AM
Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Carthage)
2.6.18-92.1.26.0.1.el5PAE
#lpstat -vSpedEBS01_Refi_1
device for SpedEBS01_Refi_1: socket://200.0.35.73
is there any specific driver used for the print queue.? I am not sure what driver getting used or how it works.
could some one help to clarify this?
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тАО11-20-2009 08:29 AM
тАО11-20-2009 08:29 AM
SolutionCUPS uses PPD files to determine how to use the printer's features: if the printer has PostScript capability, the CUPS alone can do the job and a specific driver is not needed.
If the printer is not PostScript-capable, the CUPS PPD file contains the information about the utilities to use to convert the print job to a format suitable for the printer.
Usually ghostscript (gs) is used as the converter, but some printers that use a proprietary protocol may require a specific converter/driver. These printers are often sold as "windows-only" printers.
The PPD files for installed printers can be found in directory /etc/cups/ppd. The name of the PPD file should match the name of the print queue.
The PPD files are essentially text files, and usually have a block of comments at the beginning. This comment block often includes the printer manufacturer and model name. If this printer has special requirements, hopefully the comments give information about them too...
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тАО11-20-2009 10:01 PM
тАО11-20-2009 10:01 PM
Re: fidn the driver used on a cups print queue
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тАО11-21-2009 12:24 AM
тАО11-21-2009 12:24 AM
Re: fidn the driver used on a cups print queue
The PPD is a standard way to describe the technical details of a PostScript printer, like the paper sizes and print densities the printer can support.
CUPS contains an universal PostScript driver, so you don't need a driver for a PostScript printer: you only need the PPD file to tell which features are available in this specific printer model.
The developers of CUPS created extensions to the PPD syntax, so that a PPD file that's been created specifically for CUPS can be used to describe how to use a non-PostScript printer too.
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тАО11-21-2009 05:45 AM
тАО11-21-2009 05:45 AM
Re: fidn the driver used on a cups print queue
That helped with the specific printing need of the application.
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тАО12-08-2009 09:47 AM
тАО12-08-2009 09:47 AM
Re: fidn the driver used on a cups print queue
Thanks in advance for your help.
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тАО12-09-2009 01:47 AM
тАО12-09-2009 01:47 AM
Re: fidn the driver used on a cups print queue
To download you may hit the vendor website.
Start from
http://www.hp.com/pond/modelscripts/