Subject: Re: papd.conf
From: andrew morgan (morgan@orst.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 03 2000 - 18:03:37 EDT
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Sam Noble wrote:
> First of all, I'm using andrew morgan's authenticated printing
> patches with papd.
>
> In papd.conf I've listed appropriate ppd files that I expected the
> clients to just download automatically. Unfortunately when I setup a
> printer it still expects me to tell it what ppd to use. Should I instead
> just put the name of the ppd used on the Macintosh (rather than a pathname
> on the server) in the papd.conf instead or am I just doing something
> blatantly wrong?
>
> an entry from my papd.conf:
>
> my_printer@my_zone:\
> :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Pmy_printer:\
> :pd=/usr/local/atalk/etc/ppd/LaserWriter8500.ppd:\
> :au:\
> :am=uams_clrtxt.so:
I'm guessing you are trying to use the mac's "Auto Setup" function when
configuring a printer. My best guess is that this only works with real
printers or a real apple print server because it certainly doesn't work
with papd. :)
The ppd which you define in papd.conf just allows papd to answer some
basic questions about the printer:
Postscript Language Level
Postscript Language Version
Product name of the printer
Is color supported?
What true-type fonts are supported
What fonts are stored in the printer.
I think you should still choose a local PPD file on your mac so you can
set all the printer options, such as which output tray to use, etc. You
have the correct setup in your papd.conf file.
Here is the output that papd gets from our HP8100 ppd file:
Font: Wingdings-Regular
Font: Univers-MediumItalic
Font: Univers-Medium
Font: Univers-Condensed-MediumItalic
Font: Univers-Condensed-Medium
Font: Univers-Condensed-BoldItalic
Font: Univers-Condensed-Bold
Font: Univers-BoldItalic
Font: Univers-Bold
Font: TimesNewRoman-Italic
Font: TimesNewRoman-BoldItalic
Font: TimesNewRoman-Bold
Font: TimesNewRoman
Font: SymbolMT
Font: Marigold
Font: LetterGothic-Italic
Font: LetterGothic-Bold
Font: LetterGothic
Font: Garamond-KursivHalbfett
Font: Garamond-Kursiv
Font: Garamond-Halbfett
Font: Garamond-Antiqua
Font: CourierHP-Italic
Font: CourierHP-BoldItalic
Font: CourierHP-Bold
Font: CourierHP
Font: Coronet
Font: Clarendon-Condensed-Bold
Font: CGTimes-Italic
Font: CGTimes-BoldItalic
Font: CGTimes-Bold
Font: CGTimes
Font: CGOmega-Italic
Font: CGOmega-BoldItalic
Font: CGOmega-Bold
Font: CGOmega
Font: Arial-Italic
Font: Arial-BoldItalic
Font: Arial-Bold
Font: Arial
Font: AntiqueOlive-Italic
Font: AntiqueOlive-Bold
Font: AntiqueOlive
Font: Albertus-Medium
Font: Albertus-ExtraBold
Font: ZapfDingbats
Font: ZapfChancery-MediumItalic
Font: Times-Roman
Font: Times-Italic
Font: Times-BoldItalic
Font: Times-Bold
Font: Symbol
Font: Palatino-Roman
Font: Palatino-Italic
Font: Palatino-BoldItalic
Font: Palatino-Bold
Font: NewCenturySchlbk-Roman
Font: NewCenturySchlbk-Italic
Font: NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic
Font: NewCenturySchlbk-Bold
Font: Helvetica-Oblique
Font: Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique
Font: Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique
Font: Helvetica-Narrow-Bold
Font: Helvetica-Narrow
Font: Helvetica-BoldOblique
Font: Helvetica-Bold
Font: Helvetica
Font: Courier-Oblique
Font: Courier-BoldOblique
Font: Courier-Bold
Font: Courier
Font: Bookman-LightItalic
Font: Bookman-Light
Font: Bookman-DemiItalic
Font: Bookman-Demi
Font: AvantGarde-DemiOblique
Font: AvantGarde-Demi
Font: AvantGarde-BookOblique
Font: AvantGarde-Book
Feature: *LanguageLevel "2"
Feature: *PSVersion "(2014.112) 0"
Feature: *FreeVM "13000000"
Feature: *Product "(HP LaserJet 8100 Series)"
Feature: *PCFileName "HP8100_H.PPD"
Feature: *ModelName "HP LaserJet 8100 Series"
Feature: *NickName "HP LaserJet 8100 Series"
Feature: *ColorDevice False
Feature: *FaxSupport (null)
Feature: *TTRasterizer Type42
Enjoy...
Andy
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