Re: redhat-config-printer and PPD files

[Tom Diehl <tdiehl rogueind com>]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Tim Waugh wrote:

> One thing I'd like to get done for Fedora Core 2 is the ability for
> redhat-config-printer to accept a manufacturer's PPD file and just use
> it.  It is incredibly easy to configure CUPS for this.
>
> The alternative is to find a replacement for redhat-config-printer
> that *does* configure CUPS directly, and there are several candidates
> I think.  Whichever one is chosen would have to be adapted to be a
> drop-in replacement.  Kudzu likes to be able to automatically
> configure print queues, for instance, and it would be nice not to make
> the graphical interface any worse.  And of course the text mode
> interface would most likely disappear altogether.

One question. If the test mode interface goes away how would you configure
a printer on a system without X?? Please do not return us to the days where
if we need printing we need X.

...............Tom