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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:12, 27 January 2016</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the case of printers that do '''not''' have Postscript/PDF page description language, the above work-around could be extended, but additionally requires knowledge of the "cups-filter" required by the printer. This parameter is also included towards the top of a dotPPD file and might be ascertained from the dotPPD file for similar printers. </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the case of printers that do '''not''' have Postscript/PDF page description language, the above work-around could be extended, but additionally requires knowledge of the "cups-filter" required by the printer. This parameter is also included towards the top of a dotPPD file and might be ascertained from the dotPPD file for similar printers. </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>--[[User:Rpeters|Rod]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">09</del>:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">05</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">7</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">October</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2013</del> (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">EST</del>)</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>--[[User:Rpeters|Rod]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">--[[User</ins>:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rpeters|Rpeters]] ([[User talk:Rpeters|talk]]) 13:12</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">27</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">January</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2016</ins> (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AEDT</ins>)</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>--[[Category:Technical Info]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>--[[Category:Technical Info]]</div></td> </tr> </table>

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<p>included minimal info at technical &amp; geek levels</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In the case of CUPS printing sub-system, as used by OS other than Windows, it is sometimes feasible to get a printer working satisfactorily without a specific driver being available<br /> === Getting Techhnical ===<br /> The crucial &quot;settings&quot; file used by CUPS for printers is a plain-text dotPPD. In the case of printers having a Postscript or PDF page description language, it is technically feasible to create a dotPPD which provides at least basic functionality for such printer. A good starting point is the file:<br /> <br /> /usr/share/cups/model/Postscript-level2.ppd.gz<br /> <br /> Simply changing the &quot;imageable area&quot; definition for common page sizes in the above file to suit the specific printer can provide a working result, which could enable unsupported printers (whether old or new) to be utilised. Printable area tends to be well defined in the user manual for a printer.<br /> <br /> === Strictly for Geeks ===<br /> In the case of printers that do &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; have Postscript/PDF page description language, the above work-around could be extended, but additionally requires knowledge of the &quot;cups-filter&quot; required by the printer. This parameter is also included towards the top of a dotPPD file and might be ascertained from the dotPPD file for similar printers. <br /> <br /> --[[User:Rpeters|Rod]] 09:05, 7 October 2013 (EST)<br /> --[[Category:Technical Info]]</div>

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