<s>
Foomatic	B-Application
is	O
a	O
configurable	O
printing	O
filter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
PPD	B-Language
files	I-Language
as	O
configuration	O
to	O
generate	O
appropriate	O
output	O
for	O
a	O
given	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
spooler	B-Device
independent	O
which	O
means	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
Common	B-Application
Unix	I-Application
Printing	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
CUPS	O
)	O
,	O
LPRng	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
Ghostscript	B-Language
in	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
using	O
options	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
PPD	B-Language
file	I-Language
of	O
the	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
it	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
OpenPrinting	O
workgroup	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
CUPS	O
,	O
foomatic	B-Application
supposes	O
that	O
applications	O
will	O
produce	O
output	O
in	O
PostScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
output	O
spools	B-Device
to	O
a	O
PostScript	B-Language
printer	O
,	O
no	O
further	O
action	O
is	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
if	O
foomatic-rip	O
"	O
knows	O
"	O
about	O
the	O
available	O
printer	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
translate	O
the	O
PostScript	B-Language
data	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
printer	O
's	O
language	O
,	O
without	O
creating	O
the	O
intermediate	O
raster	B-Algorithm
file	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
transforms	O
PostScript	B-Language
data	O
to	O
raster	O
(	O
or	O
to	O
the	O
printer	O
's	O
native	O
language	O
)	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
PPD	B-Language
as	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
foomatic-db-engine	O
:	O
A	O
tool	O
that	O
generates	O
PPD	B-Language
files	I-Language
from	O
the	O
data	O
in	O
Foomatic	B-Application
's	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
contains	O
scripts	O
to	O
directly	O
configure	O
print	O
queues	B-Device
and	O
handle	O
jobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
foomatic-db	O
:	O
The	O
collected	O
knowledge	O
about	O
printers	O
,	O
drivers	O
,	O
and	O
driver	O
options	O
in	O
XML	O
files	O
,	O
used	O
by	O
foomatic-db-engine	O
to	O
generate	O
PPD	B-Language
files	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
foomatic-db-hpijs	O
:	O
Foomatic	B-Application
XML	O
data	O
generators	O
for	O
HP	O
's	O
HPIJS	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
free	O
drivers	O
were	O
specifically	O
developed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
foomatic	B-Application
:	O
</s>
