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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing the "ptouch" CUPS Raster driver
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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> I have a Brother QL-570 label printer and the "ptouch" driver doesn't
> seem to be available in portage:
>
> http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=3DBrother-QL-570
>
> I tried to install it manually as instructed by the ptouch docs:
>
> http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/panic/P-touch/
>
> =A0> tar zxf ptouch-driver-*.tar.gz
> =A0> cd ptouch-driver-*
> =A0> ./configure
> =A0> make
> =A0> make install
>
> I then restarted cupsd but no new printers show up when I try to add a
> printer in the *:631 CUPS admin area. =A0Does anyone know how I can get
> get a manually installed CUPS Raster printer driver working?
>
> - Grant

I needed to install foomatic-db to get the PPD.  I also needed to
change the above to:

./configure --prefix=3D/usr

and add a symlink like so:

cd /usr/bin
ln -s /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoptch

- Grant