Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of CupsFaq


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Sep 4, 2010, 12:49:48 AM (14 years ago)
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Alex Taylor
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Formatting tweaks; added q2.10 (incomplete)

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    2121<li><a href="#2_4">2.4.  Where can I find PPD files?</a>
    2222<li><a href="#2_5">2.5.  I can't import my PPD into ECUPS.DRV, what should I do?</a>
    23 <li><a href="#2_6">2.6.  What's the difference between all these network device types (<em>ipp://</em>, <em>lpd://</em>, <em>socket://</em>, etc.)?</a>
     23<li><a href="#2_6">2.6.  What's the difference between all these network device types (<tt>ipp://</tt>, <tt>lpd://</tt>, <tt>socket://</tt>, etc.)?</a>
    2424<li><a href="#2_7">2.7.  What are the "Simplified" printer drivers for?</a>
    2525<li><a href="#2_8">2.8.  Why do I need to create <em>both</em> a CUPS printer <em>and</em> an OS/2 printer object?</a>
    2626<li><a href="#2_9">2.9.  Where should I define the printer settings: in the OS/2 printer properties, or in CUPS?</a>
     27<li><a href="#2_10">2.10.  How do I upgrade to a new version?</a>
    2728</ul></p>
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    2830<p><a href="#3_0">3.  Troubleshooting</a>
    2931<ul style="list-style-type: none;">
     
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    469 <h3>2.6.  What's the difference between all these network device types (<em>ipp://</em>, <em>lpd://</em>, <em>socket://</em>, etc.)?</h3>
     471<h3>2.6.  What's the difference between all these network device types (<tt>ipp://</tt>, <tt>lpd://</tt>, <tt>socket://</tt>, etc.)?</h3>
    470472
    471473<p>CUPS supports several different types of network connection to a printer.
     
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    512514<p>The Gutenprint user's manual explains the difference:
    513 <blockquote>The "simplified" PPD files offer a basic set of options only, for
     515<blockquote style="font-family: serif;">The "simplified" PPD files offer a basic set of options only, for
    514516selecting printer options, standard paper sizes, and basic quality settings.
    515517The PPD files that are not "simplified" offer a much broader set of controls,
     
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     575<h3>2.10.  How do I upgrade to a new version?</h3>
     576
     577<p>It depends on the component...
     578<dl>
     579<dt>ECUPS.DRV
     580<dd>Unzip the <tt>ecups-*.zip</tt> file over the existing files (in
     581<tt>\OS2\DLL\ECUPS</tt>).<p>
     582<dt>CUPS.PDR
     583<dd>Copy the new version of CUPS.PDR over the old one (probably located in
     584<tt>\OS2\DLL</tt>).  Note that you will probably first need to unlock ECUPS.DRV
     585using a tool like <em>unlock</em> or <em>replmod</em>, or else boot from another
     586partition/CD.<p>
     587<dt>CUPS
     588<dd>TODO<p>
     589<dt>Gutenprint
     590<dd>TODO<p>
     591<dt>GhostScript
     592<dd>TODO<p>
     593</dl>
     594
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    573597<h2>3.  Troubleshooting</h2>