Appendix
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11.4 PPD 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.
2
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.
