[Foomatic] Using usb IDs for autodetection
David Chappell
David.Chappell at trincoll.edu
Thu Apr 8 14:47:31 PDT 2004
Joe Shaw wrote:
>I'm proposing that we add <vendor_id> and <product_id> tags to the <usb>
>section of <autodetect>, and populate the printer database with those
>IDs. This will make autodetecting a lot more reliable, at least for USB
>printers. I'd also ask that this information (and probably also the
>IEEE-1284 data) be required for any new additions to the database, so
>that we can keep autodetection reliable.
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Has anyone ever seen a printer in which the IEEE-1284 and USB IDs
differed? Doesn't USB report IEEE-1284 ID strings?
Here is my contribution:
CLASS:PRINTER;
MODEL:DESKJET 880C;
MANUFACTURER:HEWLETT-PACKARD;
DESCRIPTION:Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 880C;
COMMAND SET:MLC,PCL,PML;
Figuring out which printer these ID strings belong to is left as an
excercise for the reader. ;-)
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