defective PPD for HP LaserJet 4100n ?

[Guenther Frick]

rlharris wrote:
> The CD furnished by HP with my LaserJet 4100n contained the NT4 PPD file  "hp4100_6.pp_".  Using the program Winzip running under Windows 2000, I expanded the file, then I checked the file with the "Test a PPD File" utility on the CUPS Support page.  I received the error message:
>
> HP4100_6.PPd: FAIL
> **FAIL**  Unable to open PPD file - Missing asterisk in column 1 on line 1162.
> REF: Page 15, section 3.2.
>
> I opened the file with Xemacs and jumped to line 1162, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.
>
> Questions:  Is this HP-supplied PPD file usable with CUPS?  Did I err in expanding the file with Winzip?
>
> RLH
> rlharris at hal-pc.org
>
>
I think the PPD is ok, but it is compressed. Install the driver on a
Windows computer. You will find the uncompressed PPD under
system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\