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Updating your ppd file
Authored by: sr105 on Mar 24, '06 09:37:37AM

I recently added one for a Dell 3100cn. I renamed the file to be friendly although I'm not sure if that is necessary. I also gzipped it and placed it in the following location.

/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Dell 3100cn.gz

I recall that the printer was then available in the Printer Setup program in App.../Utilities. After you setup a new printer, it will put a copy of the file here:

/private/etc/cups/ppd/dell3100cn.ppd


Hope that helps.



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Updating your ppd file
Authored by: ajstinson on Mar 25, '06 09:29:54AM

How do you gzip a file?

I can zip a file through the finder. Do I have to have another progrma to gzip a file?



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Updating your ppd file
Authored by: maczac on Mar 27, '06 01:24:02PM

See my post above, you do not need to gzip the ppd file. It should work fine as is.

HTH
zac

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zac



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