Subject: Re: PPD distribution to clients
From: andrew morgan (morgan@orst.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 31 2000 - 13:34:18 EDT
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Markus Boie wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i have set up a print server with netatalk
> (netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3-7, RPM version). AFPD is not running.
>
> I am using CUPS to speak to the network printers. The PPDs on the
> print server have been changed to reflect the printer's features (more
> RAM and paper trays). Here's my papd.conf entry:
>
> QE:QE@print-server:\
> :pr=|/usr/bin/lp -d QE:\
> :op=daemon:\
> :pd=/etc/cups/ppd/APLWBGR1.PPD
>
> Whenever I create a printer on a Mac client it gets the printer type
> from the server but then uses it's local PPD for that printer. Because
> the Mac cannot talk to the printer directly it fails to adopt the PPD
> and reports PS level 1 and 16 megs of RAM instead of level 3 and 48
> MB.
>
> Is there a way to have netatalk force the client to use the PPD on the
> server? What's the :pd= entry in papd.conf for?
The PPD on the server is not distributed to the client in any way. It is
used by the print server (papd) to answer queries about the printer. So
if your mac asks how much ram the printer has, papd will respond with
whatever is in the PPD file. The PPD file itself does not get sent to the
mac though.
Andy
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