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pnm2ppa for Debian
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This Debian package is a rewrite of the original pnm2ppa package using the
Debian Build System (dbs) and debconf templates. The goal of this conversion
was to bring pnm2ppa packages up to date with current Debian standards and to
clean up the installation and upgrade process. This package provides the
following:
o A reasonable default configuration file
o Clean generation of magicfilter files
o Basic debconf management of the pnm2ppa.conf file
Debconf and Configuration
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Debconf asks whether or not you'ld like it to manage your /etc/pnm2ppa.conf
file and whether or not you want magicfilters generated in the /etc/magicfilter
directory. If you choose to do this manually, you will need to edit the
/etc/pnm2ppa.conf file yourself.
You MUST choose a printer model for pnm2ppa to work!
Some models behave differently than others, so pnm2ppa will fail if you do not
choose a model.
Magicfilter
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Magicfilter is a useful print filtering tool to help you manage your
/etc/printcap with print servers such as lpd or lprng. If you are using
cupsys, you will not need magicfilter. There is a template for these filters
located in /usr/share/pnm2ppa/templates called pnm2ppa-magicfilter.in. The
scriptlet /usr/share/pnm2ppa/update-magicfilter will take this template and
generate four filters: color, color economy, black and white, and black and
white economy.
Additionally, symbolic links are created from the generated pnm2ppa magicfilter
files to pbm2ppa filters (the deprecated predecessor to pnm2ppa). This is
simply provided for backwards compatibility with an existing /etc/printcap you
may be using. This feature may be removed in the future.
Once the filters are installed, run magicfilterconfig to generate your
/etc/printcap.
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