[OpenIndiana-discuss] Xerox B215 printer with CUPS

[Tony Brian Albers]

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?
> 
> 


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