[opensuse] YAST print manager: how to add driver to printer?
Hello: In earlier SUSE versions (9.x, 10.x) it was very easy to add a driver to a printer. Now in openSUSE 11.2 I can't find out how to add PCL driver to my Kyocera FS-1020D printer. In the "Assign driver" window only one driver is shown: the manufacturer's ppd file. The printer works with PCL6 and many other drivers which are not shown and therefore can not be assigned to the printer. Is this a bug, or only a bad design, or did I miss something? How can I assign a driver to my printer in YAST? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello, On Feb 4 13:57 Istvan Gabor wrote (shortened):
... in openSUSE 11.2 I can't find out how to add PCL driver to my Kyocera FS-1020D printer. In the "Assign driver" window only one driver is shown: the manufacturer's ppd file. The printer works with PCL6 and many other drivers which are not shown and therefore can not be assigned to the printer.
By default the driver search string is preset with the autodetected printer model name but you can change it to anything you like. Enter whatever you like as search string to find other drivers. In your case the search string "generic" should show you the generic drivers which include various PCL drivers (probably you look for the PCL5e Ghostscript driver "ljet4"). For details see http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_Printer For background information see http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:YaST_Printer_redesign in particular in the section "Under construction for openSUSE 11.1" ------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course a new design results new bugs. The most annoying one was https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468046 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps you may even like to try out "Up to date packages"? Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
2011. február 4. 17:16 napon Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@suse.de> írta:
Hello,
On Feb 4 13:57 Istvan Gabor wrote (shortened):
... in openSUSE 11.2 I can't find out how to add PCL driver to my Kyocera FS-1020D printer. In the "Assign driver" window only one driver is shown: the manufacturer's ppd file. The printer works with PCL6 and many other drivers which are not shown and therefore can not be assigned to the printer.
By default the driver search string is preset with the autodetected printer model name but you can change it to anything you like. Enter whatever you like as search string to find other drivers. In your case the search string "generic" should show you the generic drivers which include various PCL drivers (probably you look for the PCL5e Ghostscript driver "ljet4").
Thank you very much. Somehow I did not realize that the search button is for searching for different drivers. I don't know why I thought it was for searching for other printers. Now it is clear. Thank you, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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