Printing: Difference between revisions
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imported>Symphorien mention that using "just" a PPD file can work. |
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<p>You may need to authenticate when you add the printer. Search the web for e.g. “cups add printer” for further information.</p></li></ol> | <p>You may need to authenticate when you add the printer. Search the web for e.g. “cups add printer” for further information.</p></li></ol> | ||
===== With a raw PPD ===== | |||
If no driver is found for your printer, even when <code>services.printing.drivers</code> is correctly populated (see above), | |||
you can try to give cups a PPD file. | |||
* Download the required PPD file, for example from [https://openprinting.org/printers openprinting.org] | |||
* Open the PPD as a text file, and check that it does not mention FHS paths like <code>/usr/bin</code>. If it does, this method is unlikely to work, as the PPD file depends on executables not present on your system. | |||
* add the printer with <code>system-config-printer</code> (for example) and at the 'choose driver' screen choose 'provide PPD file' | |||
==Setting up shared printers== | ==Setting up shared printers== | ||