[Foomatic] How to integrate foomatic driver in SuSE9.0/YAST

Johannes Meixner jsmeix at suse.de
Mon Feb 23 01:07:35 PST 2004


Hello,

On Feb 22 19:30 Hans Linde wrote (shortened):
> OS is SuSE 9.0 prof. Installed printer spooler is LPRng. 
> Preinstalled package "foomatic-filters_3.0.0". 
>  
> What do I have to do to install the printer as standard-printer in YAST? When I 
> try to manually assign the X125.ppd file to a printer setup in the  
> YAST/Hardware/Printer setup I get an error "Approriate PPD-File can' t be 
> loaded" ("Fehler: Es wurde keine passende PPD-Datei heruntergeladen") 

Try "Specify local PPD file" - this works well for me.
"Download PPD file" works only for ftp download (see the URL).
YaST tests the PPD by using cupstestppd.
If cupstestppd results "FAIL" then YaST will not accept the PPD.


Regards
Johannes Meixner
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