Have you tried talking to Xerox support? AFAIK something called "Xerox Printer Manager" should be supported on Solaris, and with a little luck it might run on OI.
/tony Gary Mills wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 02:27:03PM -0500, Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss > wrote: >> In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Xerox B215 printer with CUPS, Gary...: >> >>> I do have a PPD file, Xerox_B215_Series.ppd, that I downloaded from >>> the Xerox site. The file does say that it's for linux only, but I >>> assume it will work with OI. >> >> It should, but it depends somewhat on how the PPD was generated and >> what assumptions were made. Sometimes PPDs that assume Linux have >> embedded paths to commands (filters) they expect to be present on the >> Linux system. OI may not have the same filter installed, or it may be >> a different version. > > I just tried it, and got this error from CUPS: > > E [28/Sep/2020:15:43:22 +0600] xerox: File > "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not available: No such file or > directory > >> I would definitely try use the PPD from Linux, but I would also examine it >> to see if you spot any places where it's assuming paths or filters from >> an environment that may not quite match OI. > > The beginning of the ppd file is like this: > > *FormatVersion: "4.3" > *FileVersion: "1.0" > *LanguageVersion: English > *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 > *PCFileName: "B215.ppd" > *Manufacturer: "Xerox" > *Product: "(LaserMFP)" > *cupsVersion: 1.1 > *cupsManualCopies: False > *cupsModelNumber: 196 > *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 0 rastertospl" > *ModelName: "Xerox B215 Series" > *ShortNickName: "B215" > *NickName: "Xerox B215 Series" > *1284DeviceID: "MFG:Xerox;CMD:SPL;MDL:B215 Series" > *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550" > *LanguageLevel: "3" > *ColorDevice: False > *DefaultColorSpace: Gray > *FileSystem: False > *Throughput: "21" > > The rastertospl filter does not exist on OI. I understand that it's > a proprietary filter without source. > > [...] >>> Are you actually using this printer model? >>> What PDL method does CUPS use for this printer? >> >> I'm not using an Xerox printers current, so I don't know. You can >> probably tell what CUPS will send to the printer by looking at the PPD, >> though. > > I can't tell from the ppd file. I see `setpagedevice' all over the > place. That sounds like Postscript to me. I also see `@PJL' all over > the place. That's HP printer talk to me. I don't know what it's > doing. > > Does anyone have a ppd file for this printer that works on OI? > > -- Tony Albers - Systems Architect - IT Development Royal Danish Library, Victor Albecks Vej 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Tel: +45 2566 2383 - CVR/SE: 2898 8842 - EAN: 5798000792142 _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
