Bug#746381: O: foomatic-filters -- OpenPrinting printer support - filters
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I have now orphaned the foomatic-filters package. For all contemporary
Printing concerns, it's been replaced with cups-filters.
Given that I don't know if non-CUPS users need it, I've opted for an
orphaning rather than a straight removal. If you are using it [0],
please consider adopting it; it only has a twentieth of bugs and should
be mostly working. :-)
The package description is:
Foomatic is a printer database designed to make it easier to set up
common printers for use with UNIX-like operating systems.
It provides the "glue" between a print spooler (like CUPS or lpr) and
the printer, by processing files sent to the printer.
.
This package consists of filters used by the printer spoolers
to convert the incoming PostScript data into the printer's native
format using a printer-specific, but spooler-independent PPD file.
.
For use with CUPS, you will need both the cups and cups-client
packages installed on your system.
Cheers, OdyX
[0] http://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=foomatic-filters&show_vote=on&want_legend=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1
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