printer info

[James Richard Tyrer]

Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> The list of printers that comes up when I'm in the "Add Printer Wizard" (Ugh! 
> Why did they have to use that word?) is pretty short,  and the brand of the 
> printer I'd like to add isn't in there.  It's an IBM Laser.  Can anyone point 
> me to where I can get further info to put in there?

My wild guess is that you installed CUPS and only CUPS.

IIUC, to use CUPS with other than PostScript printers and a few models 
(including Epson) you have to either purchase their driver package or 
install additional software.

http://www.linux printing.org/cups-doc.html

I think that you can use Foo-Matic with CUPS.

I think that there is a version of GIMP-Print for CUPS.

Or, IIUC, you can obtain a MODIFIED PPD file that will let you use CUPS 
with your GhostScript device with CUPS-O-Matic.  But, it appears to have 
vanished. :-(

--
JRT



	
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