[Printing-architecture] PostScript printers without PPD files?

henri henri at stmargarets.school.nz
Mon Jul 27 20:58:20 UTC 2020


Hi, 

You could use a generic PostScript PPD and that may allow you to print with basic functionality to the printer.

Henri 


> On 28/07/2020, at 8:55 AM, Michael Sweet <msweet at msweet.org> wrote:
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> Till,
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>> On Jul 27, 2020, at 4:39 PM, Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> Is there already some free software code to query an arbitrary, non-IPP PostScript printer so that one can create a PPD for it?
> 
> Not that I'm aware of, but you can look at the generic PostScript PPD for inspiration on the commands you'd send.
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