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unless you take care that it is protected by special rewall rules and secure settings in
the CUPS conguration.
13.7.2 PPD Files in Various Packages
The YaST printer conguration sets up the queues for CUPS using the PPD les installed
in /usr/share/cups/model. To nd the suitable PPD les for the printer model,
YaST compares the vendor and model determined during hardware detection with the
vendors and models in all PPD les. For this purpose, the YaST printer conguration
generates a database from the vendor and model information extracted from the PPD
les.
The conguration using only PPD les and no other information sources has the advan-
tage that the PPD les in /usr/share/cups/model can be modied freely. For
example, if you only have PostScript printers, normally you do not need the Foomatic
PPD les in the cups-drivers package or the Gutenprint PPD les in the
gutenprint package. Instead, the PPD les for your PostScript printers can be copied
directly to /usr/share/cups/model (if they do not already exist in the
manufacturer-PPDs package) to achieve an optimum conguration for your
printers.
13.7.2.1
CUPS PPD Files in the cups Package
The generic PPD les in the cups package have been complemented with adapted
Foomatic PPD les for PostScript level 1 and level 2 printers:
•
/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript-level1.ppd.gz
•
/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript-level2.ppd.gz
13.7.2.2
PPD Files in the cups-drivers Package
Normally, the Foomatic printer lter foomatic-rip is used together with Ghostscript
for non-PostScript printers. Suitable Foomatic PPD les have the entries *NickName:
... Foomatic/Ghostscript driver and *cupsFilter: ...
foomatic-rip. These PPD les are located in the cups-drivers package.
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