On Sun 20 Apr 2014 at 15:04:42 +0200, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Brian wrote: > > >There is a Generic Postscript Printer PPD which I use with a 2200DN. It > >does 1200x1200. I'm not sure the difference between that and 600x600 is > >at all obvious. > > I my experience the difference is vast when dithering grey tones. > Anyway, if you can't find a ppd which supports all your printer's > features and capabilities in a standard (Debian) repository, get it > from somewhere else. For instance from the CD that came with your > printer. > And you don't need Windows or Mac OS X to do that. There are lots of > Linux utils to assist you. Some hints; > http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7001441 > I just mounted the CD and grepped the entire disk for 'ppd'. Used > cabextract to get the ppds and then selected the English language > one. > I don't remember if I used dos2unix. One may need to check the > end-of-line char. > If you look for 'OpenUI' in the ppd (it's a text file), you can find > all the options.
Thank you. I've never had occasion to adapt a Windows or Mac PPD but this is a very good tip, although a PPD file that does not conform to the specifications or which needs a special backend driver might give problems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20042014150052.3a7add992...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
