[gentoo-user] Installing the "ptouch" CUPS Raster driver

[gentoo-user] Installing the "ptouch" CUPS Raster driver

[Grant]

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=Brother-QL-570

I tried to install it manually as instructed by the ptouch docs:

http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/panic/P-touch/

 > tar zxf ptouch-driver-*.tar.gz
 > cd ptouch-driver-*
 > ./configure
 > make
 > 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.  Does anyone know how I can get
get a manually installed CUPS Raster printer driver working?

- Grant

[gentoo-user] Re: Installing the "ptouch" CUPS Raster driver

[Grant]

> 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=Brother-QL-570
>
> I tried to install it manually as instructed by the ptouch docs:
>
> http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/panic/P-touch/
>
>  > tar zxf ptouch-driver-*.tar.gz
>  > cd ptouch-driver-*
>  > ./configure
>  > make
>  > 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.  Does 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=/usr

and add a symlink like so:

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

- Grant