On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 21:19 +0100, Laurence Orchard wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 10:18 -0700, Leon Pu wrote: > > --- Laurence Orchard <laurence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 06:53 -0700, Leon Pu wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > could any body explain the relationship between HPLIP, PPD, CUPS, > > > > PostScript printer and non-PostScript printer? > > > HPLIP provides the interface between the program/user who wants to > > > use > > > the printer. > > > PPD describes the attributes of the printer to the system. > > > CUPS in simple terms is the print spooler for all printers in the > > > system. > > > a postscript printer has a built-in postscript interpreter so can > > > accept > > > postscript commands > > > a non-postscript printer is dumb, does not understand postscript and > > > has > > > to have the commands translated for it, usually by ghostscript or > > > something similar. > > > > > > > > Is it possible to let non-PostScript printer print out PostScript > > > file? > > > Yes, ghostscript is used to do the translation > > > > > > > > Is HPLIP developed to let HP printers work in Linux? > > > Exactly right, the HPLIP site on sourceforge has a large list of > > > supported printers. HPLIP also provides an interface for all-in-one > > > devices to allow the use of the scanners as well and it is planned to > > > allow the use of the in-built faxes in the future. > > > > > > > > Should all HP printers which supported by HPLIP work in Linux? > > > Yes, some devices such as Officejets etc use Deskjet interfaces for > > > the > > > printing > > > > > > > > Is PPD used to let non-PostScript printer print out PostScript > > > file? > > > PPD is used to describe the attributes of the various printers. > > > > Hi Laurence, > > > > I still have doubt about PPD. Does PPD only describe the attribute of > > printers? Does it do any work with PostScript? > > > > If I have a non-PostScript printer which supported by HPLIP, how can I > > configure it to print out PostScript? Do I only need to install HPLIP > > or anything else (install PPD, configure CUPS etc.)? > You need to install HPLIP, this will allow the programs to print to the > CUPS print spooler. You then need to setup CUPS to define and configure > the printer, giving it the printer address, the PPD file to use etc. > > The installation is set out in the HPLIP pages on sourceforge. > > HPLIP home page is here:- http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ Installation page starts here:- http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html There is a troubleshooting guide here:- http://hplip.sourceforge.net/troubleshooting/index.html > > Thank you very much for your reply. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Leon > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
