Changeset 1198 for pykota/trunk/FAQ

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11/20/03 23:52:48 (21 years ago)
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Improvements to FAQ

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    2424    on the percent of the ink covered part of the pages. 
    2525     
     26  * What is a 'dumb printer' ? 
     27   
     28    In PyKota, the term 'dumb printer' defines a printer which doesn't  
     29    understand PostScript AND doesn't have an internal page counter, AND  
     30    for which you don't know how to compute a job's size in number of  
     31    pages by analyzing its content. Any printer which is not a 
     32    'dumb printer' according to the above definition is supported  
     33    with PyKota. 
     34 
    2635  * How can I make PyKota work with my non-postscript printer under  
    2736    CUPS ?   
    2837   
    2938    From version 1.16alpha7, PyKota includes a CUPS backend which 
    30     allows you to use any type of printer and any driver. 
     39    allows you to use any type of printer and any driver, provided 
     40    your printer is not a 'dumb printer' (see above). 
    3141     
    32   * How can I diagnose the problem when something goes wrong ?   
     42  * How can I use my 'dumb printer' with CUPS and PyKota.   
     43   
     44    The solution is to plug the pykota filter into the 
     45    filtering chain when the print job is still in  
     46    PostScript format, before being converted to the 
     47    dumb printer's native format. You can't use the 
     48    cupspykota CUPS backend with 'dumb printers'. 
     49     
     50    Here's how to do : 
     51     
     52        - Disable raw mode by modifying *.convs and 
     53          *.types files in /etc/cups, then restart 
     54          CUPS. 
     55           
     56        - If you print from Windows through Samba,  
     57          don't put '-o raw' in the print command  
     58          definition in smb.conf 
     59           
     60        - Under Windows, use a PostScript driver   
     61          set to maximum compatibility mode. 
     62           
     63        - Modify *.convs and *.types files to   
     64          insert the pykota filter into the 
     65          filtering chain, as described 
     66          here (url should be on a single line) : 
     67           
     68          http://cgi.librelogiciel.com/pipermail/  ... 
     69             ... pykota/attachments/20030721/753239b5/attachment.eml 
     70           
     71          and restart CUPS. 
     72           
     73  * How can I diagnose the problem when something goes wrong ? 
    3374   
    3475    Put "LogLevel debug2" in cupsd.conf (usually in /etc/cups/). 
    … …  
    4990    CUPS backend, which ensures that all print jobs will be 
    5091    accounted for. The use of the old pykota filter is deprecated 
    51     with CUPS. It remains the filter of choice for LPRng though. 
     92    with CUPS. It remains the filter of choice for LPRng though, 
     93    or when you absolutely need to support a 'dumb printer' (see 
     94    definition above). 
    5295     
    5396  * When printing from Windows, the jobs are never accounted for,