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11.4PPD driver (Linux and applications)
PPD driver types
The PPD driver contains the PPD information for Mac OS 9, Linux, and ap- plications.
-For Linux: Install the driver when using with Linux. (The PPD driver for Linux and the PPD driver for OpenOffice are included.)
-For applications: Install the driver when using applications such as Adobe PageMaker that require the PPD driver.
About the PPD driver for Linux
Operating environment
-Supported operating systems: Red Hat Linux 9/SuSe Linux 8.2
-Supported PostScript level: 3.0
-CUPS: 1.1.17
To register the PPD driver for Linux
1 Copy the PPD file to the CUPS model directory. (/usr/share/cups/mod- el when mainly Linux)
2 In CUPS Printing System, click the [Add Printer] button, and then spec- ify PPD to add this machine.
Note
For details on CUPS, click the [Help] button in the CUPS Web manage- ment page.
To set up the PPD driver for Linux
Specify the functions by clicking the [Configure Printer] button in CUPS Printing System.
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