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Appendix

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15.4

PPD driver (for Linux and applications)

15.4.1

PPD driver types

The PPD driver contains the PPD information for Mac OS 9, Linux, and applications.

Driver for Linux: Install for use with Linux
(Contains PPD for Linux and PPD for OpenOffice)

Driver for applications: Install the driver when using applications such as Adobe PageMaker that require the
PPD driver.

15.4.2

About the PPD driver for Linux

Operating environment

Supported operating systems: Red Hat Linux 9/SuSE Linux 8.2

Supported PostScript level: 3.0

CUPS: 1.1.23, 1.2.x

To register the PPD driver for Linux

1

Copy the PPD file to the CUPS model directory. (/usr/share/cups/model when mainly Linux)

2

In CUPS Printing System, click the [Add Printer] button, and then specify PPD to add this machine.

2

Note

For details on CUPS, click the [Help] button in the CUPS Web management page.

To set up the PPD driver for Linux

Specify the functions by clicking the [Configure Printer] button in CUPS Printing System.

To register the PPD driver for OpenOffice

1

In CUPS Printing System, click the [Add Printer] button, and then specify PPD to add this machine.

2

Open the OpenOffice Printer Administrator tool.

3

Click the [New Printer] button.

4

In the Choose a device type dialog box, select "Add a printer", and then click the [Next] button.

5

In the Choose a driver dialog box, click the [Import] button.

6

Select "KONICA MINOLTA 751/601 PPD", and then click the[OK] button.

7

From the "Please Select a Suitable driver." list, select "KONICA MINOLTA 751/601 PPD", and then click
the [Next] button.

8

In the Choose a command line dialog box, select the printer that was added to CUPS, and then click
the [Next] button.

9

Click the [Finish] button.

To print with OpenOffice

1

From the [File] menu in OpenOffice, select "Print".

2

Select "KONICA MINOLTA 751/601 PPD" in "Printer name".

3

Click the [Properties] button.

4

Select the desired setting from the "Page size" drop-down list, and then click the [OK] button. To
specify settings other than the page size, click the [Configure Printer] button in CUPS Printing System.

5

To print, click the [OK] button in the OpenOffice print dialog box.

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