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Re: How to test PDE, PPD and CUPS printer driver without printer(non-PostScript)?

Hello Henry,

you can create/connect a "virtual" printer that outputs everything that normally gets sent to the printer to a raw file.

When you open Printer Setup Utility, just option-click the Add button. From the pull-down menu, choose the last entry (More options). There you can select the connection method, device name, device uri and the desired model (for the ppd). The trick is to enter something like file://Users/your_username/Desktop/printer.dump for the device uri.

If you print you should find the printer's instructions in that text file on your desktop.

Hope that helps, regards
Michael


Am 09.05.2005 um 16:34 schrieb 亨利 賴:

Hi All,

This is a strange question. Maybe it is a normal case
for some developers. Hope someone can help me.

For a specific USB PCL5 printer, is it possible to
test PDE, PPD and CUPS printer driver(filter) without
the physical device attached on USB port?
The goal of what I ask is whether the printing system
passes the print job and parsed options down to
printer driver correctly.

If the answer is YES, how to do?

Best Regards,
Henry


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