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Foomatic
Foomatic is the printer/driver database of Linuxprinting.org. The XML-based system integrates free software printer drivers with all common spoolers (CUPS, LPRng, LPD, GNUlpr, PPR, PDQ, CPS, etc.) in UNIX. It generates printer/driver description files which, together with spooler-specific filter scripts, allow easy setup of print queues with access to all driver options.
Foomatic ships with every major distro and its Web site is used as a reference by vendors. It is an up-to-date and distribution-independent repository of printer and driver data, scripts, and utilities, accompanied by the wealth of knowledge, tips and tricks, solutions, and enlightenment provided by its newsgroups.
Last updated 23 Jan, 2009
About
Leadership
- Grant Taylor - Maintainer
- Till Kamppeter - Maintainer
Requirements
- Perl (Use Requirement)
- make (Use Requirement)
- wget *or* cURL (Use Requirement)
- libxml 2.x (Use Requirement)
- lpd (Weak Prerequisite)
- gnulpr (Weak Prerequisite)
- lprng (Weak Prerequisite)
- cups (Weak Prerequisite)
- ppr (Weak Prerequisite)
- pdq (Weak Prerequisite)
- cps (Weak Prerequisite)
- xpp (Weak Prerequisite)
- kprinter (Weak Prerequisite)
- gpr (Weak Prerequisite)
- espgs; See also http://www.linuxprinting.org/database.html for a list of compatible printers and drivers (Weak Prerequisite)
Related Projects
Versions
3.0.1
3.0.1 stable released 2004-02-27
- Released: 27 Feb, 2004
- Code Maturity: Stable
- Source Archive: http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/foomatic/...
- Licenses: GPLv2orlater
- Interfaces: Command Line, Daemon
User Community and Support
User README included; User guide included (see the USAGE file); User tutorials available in HTML format from http://www.linuxprinting.org/linux-kongress-tutorial-2002.html