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| 0 | 0 | foomatic-db-engine for Debian |
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| 3 | Note that the structure of the OpenPrinting (foomatic) printer | |
| 4 | configuration system in Debian (and upstream) has changed from the 2.0 | |
| 5 | series. There are 3 core packages: | |
| 3 | The structure of the OpenPrinting (foomatic) printer configuration system in | |
| 4 | Debian (and upstream) consists of 3 core packages: | |
| 6 | 5 | |
| 7 | * foomatic-db: Contains the foomatic printer database. | |
| 6 | * foomatic-db: Contains the foomatic printer database, splitted in | |
| 7 | openprinting-ppds and openprinting-ppds-extra. | |
| 8 | 8 | |
| 9 | 9 | * foomatic-db-engine (this package): Contains the foomatic-configure script. |
| 10 | 10 | |
| 11 | 11 | * foomatic-filters: Contains the filter scripts for various backend |
| 12 | 12 | printing systems. |
| 13 | 13 | |
| 14 | In addition, the new foomatic-db-hpijs package includes the database | |
| 15 | entries for printers supported by the HPIJS print filter developed by | |
| 16 | Hewlett-Packard for their non-PostScript printers. | |
| 14 | If you want a GUI to configure your printer, you may want to try | |
| 17 | 15 | |
| 18 | The foomatic-bin package is provided for upgrade purposes from | |
| 19 | Foomatic 2.0, and can be purged after its dependencies have been | |
| 20 | installed. | |
| 16 | * foomatic-gui, a GNOME-based printer configuration tool that works | |
| 17 | with Foomatic and all of the spoolers it supports. | |
| 18 | * system-config-printer and system-config-printer-kde, which are printer | |
| 19 | configuration tools integrated in GNOME and KDE system configuration tools | |
| 21 | 20 | |
| 22 | If you want a GUI to configure your printer, you may want to try | |
| 23 | "foomatic-gui," a GNOME-based printer configuration tool that works | |
| 24 | with Foomatic and all of the spoolers it supports. | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | ** How to configure a queue manually * | |
| 21 | ** How to configure a queue manually ** | |
| 27 | 22 | |
| 28 | 23 | The command "foomatic-configure" handles this. Set up the queue as follows: |
| 29 | 24 | |
| 49 | 44 | Manufacturer_Model-Name |
| 50 | 45 | |
| 51 | 46 | driver: The driver backend to use. For most modern printers, one of: |
| 52 | hpijs (if you have foomatic-db-hpijs installed) | |
| 47 | hpijs (if you have foomatic-db installed) | |
| 53 | 48 | gutenprint (if you have foomatic-db-gutenprint installed) |
| 54 | 49 | Postscript |
| 55 | 50 | |
| 65 | 60 | IMPORTANT: If your printer filter is not working (dumping raw |
| 66 | 61 | PostScript to the printer) immediately after setting up a queue with |
| 67 | 62 | foomatic-configure, you may need to reload the CUPS daemon. e.g. use: |
| 68 | # invoke-rc.d cupsys reload | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | There used to be a package called "cupsomatic-ppd" that provided PPD | |
| 71 | files for all printers supported by CUPS. A similar package called | |
| 72 | "foomatic-filters-ppds" is now available in Debian. | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | This package saves the step of using foomatic-configure to generate | |
| 75 | and install a PPD file for your printer and driver. Perhaps more | |
| 76 | importantly, it provides an easy way to select printers from within | |
| 77 | CUPS's web-based administration tool. However, it is also 15 MB when | |
| 78 | compressed, so is not recommended unless you need to use the CUPS web | |
| 79 | interface to initially set up printers. | |
| 63 | # invoke-rc.d cups reload | |
| 80 | 64 | |
| 81 | 65 | -- Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>, Tue Jul 1 19:15:43 2003 |
| 66 | Updated by: | |
| 67 | -- Didier Raboud <didier@raboud.com> Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:36:27 +0200 | |