======  Foomatic FAQ ======
=====  General Questions =====
====  In which **forum** should I ask Foomatic-related questions? ====

Forum: [[http://forums.openprinting.org/list.php?34|LF OpenPrinting Site Support]]
====  What is foomatic? ====

Foomatic is a system that creates a PPD file from a database.
The PPDs are created by the **''foomatic-db-engine''** package, the database resides in the package **''foomatic-db''**, and to make the PPDs working with all common printing systems the universal filter **''foomatic-rip''** (from the **''foomatic-filters''** package) is needed.
====  What are cupsomatic? lpdomatic? pdqomatic? ====

These were scripts that connect PPD's to the specific named
spooler. With introduction of Foomatic 3.x the *omatic scripts are unified into a single script
called **''foomatic-rip''**.
====  How do I use unprintable margins with gimp-print? ====

If you are using Gimp-Print 4.3.7, you need to apply the
following two patches to get generation of the "*ImageableArea" lines
in the Foomatic PPD files and to work around a bug in the Gimp-Print
database of printer capabilities:

[[http://www.openprinting.org/till/tmp/gimp-print-4.3.7-missing-files-20030106-1.patch.gz|Missing Files Patch]]

[[http://www.openprinting.org/till/tmp/gimp-print-4.3.7-foomatic-margins-20030106-1.patch.gz|Margins Patch]]

Without the first patch you cannot compile Gimp-Print 4.3.7 at all due
to two files being forgotten to be added to the tarball.

If you use Gimp-Print 4.3.x from CVS, please update from the CVS
again, as my first upload of unprintable margin support was broken.

Also update the CVS of "foomatic-db-engine", I have fixed a small
bug there.