Bug#590163: Changes in foomatic-db

2010-08-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:25:55 +0200 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: [...] > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > That's great, but it doesn't seem to work: > > > > $ foomatic-searchprinter HP LaserJet 1320 > > HP-LaserJet_1320 > > $ foomatic-ppdfile -p HP-LaserJet_1320 > /tmp/lj.ppd > > ERROR: foomatic-ppd

Bug#590163: Changes in foomatic-db

2010-08-26 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Francesco Poli wrote: > > You're welcome. > Thanks to you, for your kind explanations! > > [...] >> > How am I supposed to configure my HP LaserJet 1320 printer, next time >> > I install a (print server) box? >> >> Here's how you can get your PPD

Bug#590163: Changes in foomatic-db

2010-08-25 Thread Francesco Poli
reopen 590163 = thanks On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:01:29 +0200 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le samedi 24 juillet 2010 13:09:15, vous avez écrit : > > Hi and thanks for maintaining this package! > > Hi Francesco, and thanks for your bugreport ! You're welcome. Thanks to you, for your kind explanati

Bug#590163: Changes in foomatic-db

2010-08-11 Thread Till Kamppeter
Note also that PPDs for most HP printers are not provided by the OpenPrinting database and therefore not provided by foomatic-db any more for longer time. This is because HP ships their PostScript PPDs with the HPLIP package and maintains them there (and I do not want to ship redundant and unma

Bug#590163: Changes in foomatic-db

2010-08-11 Thread Till Kamppeter
OdyX, you are partially wrong. The OpenPrinting database, available through the OpenPrinting web site ot through the foomatic-db package, provides two types of data: 1. XML files from which the pages of the OpenPrinting web site and also PPD files, the so-called Foomatic PPDs are generated. O

Bug#590163: Changes in foomatic-db

2010-08-11 Thread Till Kamppeter
To save space, the PPDs in foomatic-db got compressed. They are all compressed in the /usr/lib/cups/driver/openprinting-ppds and /usr/lib/cups/driver/openprinting-ppds-extra files. CUPS extracts needed PPD files automatically.Nothing will change for you if you set up printers with the web inter