Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 23:23:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mueller23@insightbb.com Subject: Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds Message-ID: <201206040423.q544NWtZ083914@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <C0.FD.05368.2613CCF4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
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> From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller23@insightbb.com> > > Polytropon, you mention ppd files (.ppd or .ppd.gz). > > Is this the binary plugin that hplip was unable to install for me? No. '.ppd' files are '<p>ostscript <p>rinter <d>escription' files. They ontain 'device dependant information about a specific make/model of Postscript-capable printer. They consist of 'feature' names, 'values' for that feature, and the postscript code fragment that tells that printer how to use a particular 'value' for that particular feature. e.g. one can select the input paper tray by 'name' -- e.g. 'upper', 'lower', etc. -- without having to know whether trays are numbered starting at zero or one, or whether the numbering goes 'up' or 'down'. '.ppd' files are relevent _only_ if you are producing postscript output,
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