newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 15, 2008, at 20:06, Matt wrote:

> Hmmm....
>
> So I got the ppmtomd port installed, but it creates a unix  
> executable, not a ppd.

True...

> Because the filetype was listed as type: Filter on the source page
>
> http://www.openprinting.org/show_driver.cgi? 
> driver=ppmtomd&fromprinter=Alps-MD-1000
>
> I tried putting a copy of the executable in with the /usr/libexec/ 
> cups/filters
>
> It doesn't allow me to select it as a printer though...
>
> I don't suppose you know how to go about making a ppd out of it...

The first time I heard about ppmtomd was when you mentioned it, so  
no, I don't know any more about it than you do.

You can read its manpage to see if it's really the software you want.

After you install ppmtomd, type

	man ppmtomd