pnm2ppa for Debian ---------------------- This Debian package is a rewrite of the original pnm2ppa package using the Debian Build System (dbs) and debconf templates. The goal of this conversion was to bring pnm2ppa packages up to date with current Debian standards and to clean up the installation and upgrade process. This package provides the following: o A reasonable default configuration file o Clean generation of magicfilter files o Basic debconf management of the pnm2ppa.conf file Debconf and Configuration ------------------------- Debconf asks whether or not you'ld like it to manage your /etc/pnm2ppa.conf file and whether or not you want magicfilters generated in the /etc/magicfilter directory. If you choose to do this manually, you will need to edit the /etc/pnm2ppa.conf file yourself. You MUST choose a printer model for pnm2ppa to work! Some models behave differently than others, so pnm2ppa will fail if you do not choose a model. Magicfilter ----------- Magicfilter is a useful print filtering tool to help you manage your /etc/printcap with print servers such as lpd or lprng. If you are using cupsys, you will not need magicfilter. There is a template for these filters located in /usr/share/pnm2ppa/templates called pnm2ppa-magicfilter.in. The scriptlet /usr/share/pnm2ppa/update-magicfilter will take this template and generate four filters: color, color economy, black and white, and black and white economy. Additionally, symbolic links are created from the generated pnm2ppa magicfilter files to pbm2ppa filters (the deprecated predecessor to pnm2ppa). This is simply provided for backwards compatibility with an existing /etc/printcap you may be using. This feature may be removed in the future. Once the filters are installed, run magicfilterconfig to generate your /etc/printcap.