On 28.03.2013 00:27, William Mattison wrote: > Hi Roger, > >>>>> I too have Fedora 18 64 bit. Have always had >>>>> trouble with Xerox laser printer >>>>> in Fedora Linux, all versions, for years. It has >>>>> never been auto detected. >>>>> >>>>> You may need the ppd file, I can send my >>>>> fxlinuxprint.ppd if you wish or >>>>> google for it. Copy it to /usr/share/cups/model/ >>>>> My Xerox only seems to work if I jump thru the >>>>> below hoops. >>> >>> Hi Roger, >>> >>> ok, please send your fxlinuxprint.ppd file to me. > >> Here ya go Bill >> Both fxlinuxprint and the PCL-Docuprint ppd files I think the >> PCL-Docuprint creates the usb:// uri mentioned earlier. >> Both are plain text files - you can open them in gedit or vim >> There should be a PCL file for your printer in the Xerox system >> somewhere > > Thank-you. My apologies for not responding sooner. I got buried in company paperwork yesterday. Then Xerox (a) accepted my ticket, and (b) gave it priority 1. So I'm putting this on hold for a few days hoping they fix their rpm file. The Xerox engineer did not seem too confident, saying: > > - This printer uses GDI-based drivers, so technically speaking, the > - standard print process with Linux environments wouldn’t work since > - they only use PostScript-based drivers or emulators. I’m sure > - engineering solved that problem somehow, but I don’t see how since > - the files the driver package includes are just ppds and a few filters. > > But he's trying. > > To answer your question, I did an "rpm -qp -l" on Xerox's 64-bit Linux .rpm file for this printer. I saw no PCL file. rpm -qlp Xerox-WorkCentre-6015B_6015N_6015NI-1.0-28.i586.rpm | grep 6015NI.ppd /usr/share/cups/model/Xerox/Xerox-WorkCentre-6015NI.ppd.gz grep -i filter usr/share/cups/model/Xerox/Xerox-WorkCentre-6015NI.ppd *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 0 xrhk2ap" file usr/lib/cups/filter/xrhk2ap usr/lib/cups/filter/xrhk2ap: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.4, BuildID[sha1]=0xa84e8b1bfdf520041067ce6257983f8948e551c1, not stripped "Description: RPM Package for 32 and 64-bit versions..."[1] - 64-bit!? :) "fxlinuxprint.ppd"[2], what's in there for the WorkCentre-6015NI? Did you consider using this one[3]? poma [1] http://www.support.xerox.com/support/workcentre-6015/downloads/enus.html?operatingSystem=linux&fileLanguage=en_GB [2] https://github.com/uwabami/fxlinuxprint/blob/master/fxlinuxprint.ppd [3] http://foo2hbpl.rkkda.com/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
