Re: PPD Product keyword for CUPS raster driver

• Subject: Re: PPD Product keyword for CUPS raster driver
• From: "Serg Redko" <email@hidden>
• Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:32:59 +0200
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Hi Keiichi,

In 10.3 PSU "add printer" window is tied to Tioga drivers.
Use lpadmin to add printer with CUPS driver.

Regards,
Serg

> Hi all,
> 
> I wrote CUPS driver for our raster printer.
> The supported interfaces are AppleTalk (PAP) and Rendezvous.
> 
> I installed filters and PPDs, but our printers do not appear on PSU add
> windows.
> (The version of Mac OS X is 10.3.5)
> 
> 
> The type of our printer is "FOO".
> The result of atlookup is:
> 
>     % atlookup
>     ff00.d8.80 MODEL100:FOO
> 
> And the 'product' of Rendezvous TXT Record is:
> 
>     product=(BAR PRINTER FOO)
> 
> I tried the following 3 types of *Product keyword inside our PPDs.
> 
>     1.
>         *Product: "(FOO)"
> 
>     2.
>         *Product: "(BAR PRINTER FOO)"
> 
>     3.
>         *Product: "(MODEL100)"
> 
> All of them not work.
> 
> On AppleTalk add panel, our printers are not shown on the printer list.
> Only "LaserWriter" printers are shown.
> 
> On Rendezvous add panel, our printers are shown.
> But "Driver not installed" is shown on the status field, and the
> PPD-selection menu is disabled.
> 
> What's problem?
> 
> 
> I believe our PPDs are installed correctly under
> /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj, because the PPDs can
> be selected manually for LaserWriter printers.
> 
> 
> I also wrote Tioga driver for the printer.
> In this case, the printer type values are set as:
> 
>   PrinterBrowserInfoValue: "FOO"
>   PrinterBrowserDeviceIDValue: "MFG:BAR CORPORATION;MDL:BAR PRINTER FOO"
> 
> This works well for both AppleTalk and Rendezvous.
> Our printers are shown and the type is selected correctly on PSU add
> windows.
> 
> 
> Any advice will be appreciated.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> ---
> Keiichi Yamada
> YUJIN Inc.
> 
> 
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