README - CUPS DDK v1.1.1 - 2007-03-20
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Looking for compile instructions?  Read the file "INSTALL.txt"
instead...


INTRODUCTION

The CUPS Driver Development Kit (DDK) provides a suite of
standard drivers, a PPD file compiler, and other utilities that
can be used to develop printer drivers for CUPS and other
printing environments.  CUPS provides a portable printing layer
for UNIX(r)-based operating systems.  The CUPS DDK provides the
means for mass-producing PPD files and drivers/filters for
CUPS-based printer drivers.

The CUPS DDK is licensed under the GNU General Public License. 
Please contact Easy Software Products for commercial support and
"binary distribution" rights.


READING THE DOCUMENTATION

Once you have installed the software you can access the on-line
documentation via the "man" command:

    man ppdc

Printable and browsable documentation is located in the
"/usr/share/doc/cupsddk" directory in the binary distributions,
and under the "doc" directory in the source archives.

Please read the documentation before asking questions.


GETTING SUPPORT AND OTHER RESOURCES

If you have problems, READ THE DOCUMENTATION FIRST!

Easy Software Products maintains several newsgroups for CUPS
on its NNTP server, "news.easysw.com".  You can access these
groups on-line at:

    http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php

Commercial support (with a guaranteed response time) is
available from Easy Software Products.  For more information
see:

    http://www.easysw.com/cups/

See the CUPS web site at "http://www.cups.org/" for other site
links.


LEGAL STUFF

The CUPS DDK is Copyright 1993-2007 by Easy Software Products. 
CUPS, the CUPS logo, and the Common UNIX Printing System are the
trademark property of Easy Software Products.

The CUPS DDK is provided under the terms of the GNU General
Public License.  This program is distributed in the hope that it
will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.  See the "LICENSE.txt" or "cupsddk.license" files for
more information.

For commercial licensing information, please contact:

    Attn: CUPS Licensing Information
    Easy Software Products
    44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
    Hollywood, Maryland 20636 USA

    Voice: +1.301.373.9600
    Email: cups-info@cups.org
    WWW: http://www.cups.org
