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10.4: Use some PostScript level 1 printers with CUPS
Authored by: mbroughtn on Apr 06, '07 08:22:15AM
Sometime in Tiger's evolution, the CUPS implementation restricted PostScript (PS) printers to level 2 and higher.
I believe you will find that this restriction dates back to OS 10.2.
look at the PPD you assigned to your printer (located in /Library/Printers).
That is actually the stored copy of the PPD. The printing system uses this source document to add the active PPD for your printer when you create a new printer queue. The active PPD is found in /etc/cups/ppd/nameOfYourPrinter.ppd. Changing the LanguageLevel in the PPD may or may not work. You might also want to try using ESP Ghostscript along with Foomatic-RIP. Ghostscript has a built in device to convert PostScrtip Level 1 to PostScript Level 2. See the information about this at [http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/pslevel1]. You will still probably want to modify one of the PPDs to use your printer's capabilities.

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