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Printing Guide — Installing Client Software for UNIX 177
About CUPS
This section describes the behavior, options, and installation method of the CUPS
printer driver for the equipment. The behavior of the printer driver presented in this
specification is consistent with CUPS v1.1.15. The driver may appear and/or operate
slightly differently in the different versions.
In reality, the file supplied in this package is not really a printer driver it is actually a
PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file.
Development Environment
The provided CUPS printer driver is supported on the following UNIX workstation.
• Redhat 8.0 CUPS 1.1.18
• Turbo Linux 8.0 CUPS 1.1.14
• Suse 8.1 CUPS 1.1.15.
All of the options worked correctly on Redhat 8.0 but the UI Constraints did not work
correctly on Suse 8.1 or Turbo Linux 8.0 this is because they ship with older versions of
CUPS.
Implementation Method
This driver consists of a PPD file that works in conjunction with an interface like XPP,
KPrinter, etc. It can also be used on OSX in the same way that it is used on Linux, but
this is not recommended.
Supplied Components
There is one supplied component, a PPD file called “TOSHIBA_EST451c_CUPS.gz”. It
has been compressed using gzip. It does not need to be uncompressed for Linux to use
the PPD file and so it should be left compressed.
The user needs root privileges to place the PPD file in the default location. The default
location for the standard CUPS PPD files is:
/usr/share/cups/model/Toshiba
Configuring UNIX Printing Using CUPS
You can configure the CUPS for LPR printing or IPP printing.
— Installing the CUPS for LPR Printing
The PPD must first be copied onto the local machine, the printer installed, and then the
PPD configured. The printer is then installed and configured using CUPS via the
browser.
The PPD is placed in the “/usr/share/cups/model/Toshiba” directory (which will require
root privileges and the Toshiba directory may need to be created). The PPD can be
simply copied to the appropriate directory and the CUPS daemon re-started.
Installing the CUPS for LPR printing
1. Insert the Client Utilities CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Log on to the root account and create “Toshiba” directory in
the “usr/share/cups/model” directory.