Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 5.1

Chapter 41. Printing

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Gimp-Print-4.2.6

Introduction to Gimp-Print

The Gimp-Print package contains high quality drivers for Canon, Epson, Lexmark and PCL printers for use with ESP Ghostscript-7.07.1, CUPS-1.1.20, Foomatic, and the GIMP-2.0.0. See the list of supported printers at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php3.

Package information

Gimp-Print dependencies

Optional

CUPS-1.1.20, Foomatic, IJS and readline-4.3

Installation of Gimp-Print

Install Gimp-Print by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--with-translated-ppds=no: When this switch is given, only US English PPD files for CUPS will be built. Useful if the PPD files are not yet translated into your native language and you want to save some space on unneeded translations.

--enable-cups-level3-ps: This option causes the build process to generate PostScript level 3 PPD files instead of level 2 ones.

Configuring Gimp-Print

Configuration Information

For CUPS to see newly installed PPD files, it has to be restarted: 

/etc/rc.d/init.d/cups restart
[Note]

Note

This command may take a very long time (up to 10 minutes) to complete. Don't panic while CUPS is rescanning the list of PPD files. The long delay will happen only once.

Then point your web browser to http://127.0.0.1:631 to add a new printer to CUPS.

Contents

The Gimp-Print package contains libgimpprint libraries, rastertoprinter filter for CUPS that converts the output of pstoraster to a form understandable by printers, and a plugin that allows printing images from GIMP-1.2.5.

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