Printing: CUPS, foomatic, hpoj and HP OfficeJet G85

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

  I'm trying to print to my HP OfficeJet G85. I figured I could just use
  the CUPS web interface to install the printer, but didn't find it
  listed there.

  I was able to configure the printer with the following:

    lpadmin -p lp -E -v parallel:/dev/ptal-printd/mlc_par_0
    -m deskjet.ppd

  Note that the connectivity is provided by the hpoj package, so instead
  of /dev/lp0, one uses /dev/ptal-printd/mlc_par_0.

  Question 1: How do you specify a different device in the web
  interface?)

  However, the deskjet driver is pretty basic (read: poor image quality)
  and doesn't provide double-sided printing. I believe the best driver
  currently available for this printer is the cdj970 (correct me if I'm
  wrong).

  Now, I see this:

    /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/cdj970.xml

  I also see cdj970 in the output of "gs -h." So, the driver is
  available, but there isn't any ppd file for it, which CUPS seems to
  need.

  Question 2: How can I configure CUPS to use this driver?

  The cupsomatic-ppd package says that new installations should use the
  foomatic packages, which I have done, but it appears that CUPS isn't
  using it. Or do I first have to run some foomatic program manually to
  generate a ppd file for the cdj970 for CUPS to use?

  Thanks. I've been reading docs and scripts like mad, but haven't been
  able to put the pieces together.
  
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