openprinting:database:documentation
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Documentation Index
openprinting.org documentation
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CUPS is the Common Unix Printing System. This is the recommended spooler for all Linux distributions, and the one we prefer to support. It is intended to be a simple, integrated method of setting up both local and network printers.
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LPD is ancient, and the foomatic-rip system for it has some quirks. But it does cover all the basics: option specification, network and local printing, easy use of most drivers, etc. You will observe that this 'quick' start has many more steps as either CUPS or PDQ…
HOWTO's and Hints
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This is a chapter from Kurt's new printing book. This chapter covers printing with CUPS and SAMBA version 3.0. It explains configuration, explanations of the configuration options, how to install drivers, common erros, network logins, PostScript diver download, and much more. Most SAMBA/CUPS related questions can be answered there.
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There are many applications which use PPD files to know about the capabilities of printers, so that their printing dialogs can make available all options which the printer/its driver provide and also show additional information about the printer. In addition to applications as Star Office/OpenOffice.org, GIMP (for printers not supported by Gimp-Print), GPR, … PPD files can also be used on Windows, Mac, or LPD clients to get access to the printer's capabilities and options. foomatic-rip makes the full capabilities of PPDs available for all supported spoolers (CUPS, LPRng, LPD, GNUlpr, PPR, PDQ, CPS, spooler-less printiung).
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Learn how to install a full featured printing system based on LPRng, Ghostscript, a2ps and hpijs on your machine and also learn how printing works under Linux. The case subject is a HP DeskJet 640C printer, but the tutorial should be extensible to more HP printers and perhaps other brands as well. No remote printer solution, just some brief pointers for that.
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The LPRng print spooler is an enhanced, extended, and portable implementation of the Berkeley lpr print spooler functionality. The LPRng; Printing Software consists of the LPRng print spooler, the ifhp print filter, and the LPRngTool graphical user interface.
Developer Documentation
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This site (Undocumented Printing Wiki) presents documentation of most available page description languages: PostScript, PCL, ESC/P, and even less common languages. Very valuable resource for driver programmers.
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