Re: Setup a printer on debian linux

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (07/12/06 15:14), Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
>  I am looking for an up to date documentation on how to setup a
> printer under a debian/testing system .I am reading for example, that
> one should not anymore install foomatic-filters-ppds (which use to
> contain the ppd file for my printer), so I am guessing this is also a
> bad idea to download the ppd file from linuxprinting.org:
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/PrinterDriverPackagesSuggestedChanges
> 
>  According to this post:
> 
> http://lists.freestandards.org/pipermail/printing-user-general/2006/008550.html
> 
>  Those ppd files can be magically created for you...unfortunately I
> could not find any documentation for this new way of setting up a
> printer.
> 
Although this talks about windows/samba printing, I've found it a useful
reference for setting up printers generally:

http://excess.org/docs/linux_windows_printing.html

Regards


Clive

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