On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Wilson Fletcher wrote:
> 2ND QUESTION: As mentioned above I setup the ljIIp and installed the ppd for the
> IIp in the appropriate directory HOWEVER when setting up the Mac printer it
> seemed to need it's own PPD file so I was wondering why I neded one on Linux.
>
> Here is my papd.conf contents:
>
> ljIIp:\
> :pr=lp0:\
> :op=root:\
> :pd=/usr/share/lib/ppd/HPIIP522.PPD
The PPD file in linux is used by papd to answer queries from the client
about the printer's capabilities, such as which fonts the printer has. As
you found out, you still need to have the PPD on your mac as well. I
don't think there is really much benefit to having the PPD on linux though
because you can set all the printer options on the client side anyways.
Andy
