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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Installing the "ptouch" CUPS Raster driver
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:46:46
Message-Id: 49bf44f10903041846n549ec2afv4ae7e2eb5332981b@mail.gmail.com
1 I have a Brother QL-570 label printer and the "ptouch" driver doesn't
2 seem to be available in portage:
3
4 http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Brother-QL-570
5
6 I tried to install it manually as instructed by the ptouch docs:
7
8 http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/panic/P-touch/
9
10 > tar zxf ptouch-driver-*.tar.gz
11 > cd ptouch-driver-*
12 > ./configure
13 > make
14 > make install
15
16 I then restarted cupsd but no new printers show up when I try to add a
17 printer in the *:631 CUPS admin area. Does anyone know how I can get
18 get a manually installed CUPS Raster printer driver working?
19
20 - Grant

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