On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:25:55 +0200 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: [...] > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > That's great, but it doesn't seem to work: > > > > $ foomatic-searchprinter HP LaserJet 1320 > > HP-LaserJet_1320 > > $ foomatic-ppdfile -p HP-LaserJet_1320 > /tmp/lj.ppd > > ERROR: foomatic-ppdfile: There is neither a custom PPD file nor the > > driver database entry contains sufficient data to build a PPD file. > > It turns out I was wrong, you should rather take a look at > http://bugs.debian.org/590163#10 (Till's answer). > > In short, you need the hplip-data package installed. Does this work for you > then ?
I've just tried the following, after installing hplip-data:
# lpinfo -m | grep 1320 | grep -i postscript
foomatic:HP-LaserJet_1320-Postscript.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Foomatic/Postscript
lsb/usr/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_1320n-ps.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 series Postscript
(recommended)
# lpadmin -p lj -E -v parallel:/dev/lp0 \
-m lsb/usr/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_1320n-ps.ppd \
-D "HP LaserJet 1320"
# lpoptions -p lj -o media=A4 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
# lpadmin -d lj
What can I say?
It seems to work like a charm, and I even got a more recent version of
the PPD file as /etc/cups/ppd/lj.ppd ! :-)
OK, Didier, many thanks to you and to Till, for explaining me the
Modern Way™ to generate PPD files on the fly!
Apologies for not noticing Till's comments before: I must confess that
I saw them with great delay (since he didn't Cc: me) and, when I took a
look at them on the web bug-log, I thought they were mainly directed at
you, rather than at me (again since he didn't Cc: me).
I think this bug may be safely closed, once the above mentioned
procedure is properly documented in the openprinting-ppds package.
Thanks again to you and Till, for your kind assistance!
Bye.
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