On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 01:48:19PM -0500, mark wrote:
Yeah, about that... Back in '12, we got a nice HP poster printer. They don't support Linux, but a co-worker got the .ppd out of the Mac support file.
I tried it, then I looked at the file in vi... and found it *only* supported the 24" printer, *not* the 44" printer that we had.
Well, we just bought a replacement, since the old printer was EOL'd. This time, I went to hplips, d/l and built the current one, and sure enough, there's a .ppd for the DesignJet Z9.
Any bets on what I found? No? There was *NO* support for the 44" printer. I saw *one* setting for something 30x42 (the 100' roll of paper is 42" wide).
Might 30" be the maximum "height" (or length of paper for one print job). If yes, the maximum "width" might be the 42 of 30x42.
Is 42" supported under windows? If yes, the ppd file is likely compatible.
Jon