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Date:      Mon, 4 Jun 2012 06:56:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com>
Cc:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206040655030.3685@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <C0.FD.05368.2613CCF4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
References:  <C0.FD.05368.2613CCF4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>

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ppd file are actually human readable, you get a fragment that tell you how 
to filter postscript to produce output.

eg. my OfficeJet 8500 filter is based on it.

On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> Polytropon, you mention ppd files (.ppd or .ppd.gz).
>
> Is this the binary plugin that hplip was unable to install for me?
>
> Or am I grasping at straws?
>
> Somehow I thought the binary plugin was much bigger than the .ppd.gz files found in
> /usr/local/share/ppd/HP/
>
> Tom
>
>



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