[Samba] Re: CUPS Print Quality -- WAS -- UPDATE Where are the ADOBE PS Drivers?

[Chris McKeever]

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:00:55 -0500, Gerald (Jerry) Carter
<jerry at samba.org> wrote:
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> Chris McKeever wrote:
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> | I dont think that you can push the client a new
> | PPD by changing it on the server .. it gets downloaded
> | to the client on the first connection.  I dont think
> | it looks back into the print$ directory -- I
> | think it pulls defaults/etc from the .TDB database
> | files and that about the most of the interaction it
> | has with the server till it spools the job to it --
> | but your idea below I find quite interesting
> | regarding a generic PPD
> 
> The client should update it's local cache of printer
> information (registry keys, devmode, etc...) and the
> driver file when:
> 
> (a) the change_id timestamp on the printer changes, and
> (b) the timestamp on the new ppd file is newer than the
> old file.
> 

I confirmed it - works nice, change the PPD, rerun CUPSADDSMB and the
client machine is them driver independent for printing when using
CUPS/ADOBE PS DRIVER/PPD method




> cheers, jerry
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