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> I have a Brother QL-570 label printer and the "ptouch" driver doesn't |
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> seem to be available in portage: |
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> http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Brother-QL-570 |
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> I tried to install it manually as instructed by the ptouch docs: |
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> http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/panic/P-touch/ |
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> > tar zxf ptouch-driver-*.tar.gz |
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> > cd ptouch-driver-* |
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> > ./configure |
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> > make |
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> > make install |
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> I then restarted cupsd but no new printers show up when I try to add a |
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> printer in the *:631 CUPS admin area. Does anyone know how I can get |
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> get a manually installed CUPS Raster printer driver working? |
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> - Grant |
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I needed to install foomatic-db to get the PPD. I also needed to |
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change the above to: |
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./configure --prefix=/usr |
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and add a symlink like so: |
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cd /usr/bin |
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ln -s /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoptch |
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- Grant |
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