Epiphan VGA Printer - Manual (Page 64)

5. Advanced Printer ConfigurationAdding a Printer That the VGA Printer Device Cannot Find Au-
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Figure 33:The printer that the VGA Printer device will print to is
displayed in the Configure VGA Printer section of the
Web admin interface
Adding a Printer Using a PPD File
A PPD file is a text file that describes a printer. You can add a PPD
file to the VGA Printer device to add the configuration settings for
a printer.
Usually, you can get a PPD file from the printer manufacturer.
PPD files are also available for many printers from this CUPS web
page: http://www.cups.org/ppd.php . You can also test PPD
files, to confirm that they are compatible with CUPS and may
work with the VGA Printer device, at
http://www.cups.org/testppd.php .
To use a PPD file to add a printer
1 Follow steps 1 to 9 of the procedure “To add a printer
manually” on page 58 .