[cups.general] lpadmin and print drivers

[Matt Broughton]

In article <20048-cups.general at news.easysw.com>,
 Matt Broughton <walterwego at macosx.com.invalid> wrote:

> In article <20044-cups.general at news.easysw.com>,
>  Anonymous <anonymous at easysw.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to get a Kyocera Mita 2530 copier/printer working with our
> > > Redhat Linux system.  I found the correct driver at the
> > > easysw.com/printpro site and also downloaded and installed the printpro
> > > software.  However, when I run the following command:
> > >
> > > /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p nrc3401kmp -E -v socket://165.95.1.143 -m
> > > en/km-2530.ppd
> > >
> > > I get the following error:
> > >
> > > lpadmin: add-printer (set model) failed: server-error-internal-error
> > >
> > > Anybody have a clue as to what could be wrong?

> > You can try a different port, remember with socket the default is :9100
> 
> Might it be an issue with lpadmin?  I recently tried using the command 
> line for lpadmin in OS X 10.3.7 - CUPS 1.1.20rc1 and got the same 
> response.  I tried adding a serial printer and a usb printer.  The 
> printers were added but they were set up as Raw PostScript printers.  I 
> was all set to blame Apple for this, but maybe there is something else 
> wrong.

I just found that using the -P option rather than the -m option will 
work for setting the PPD.   Therefore, you should be able to use:

/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p nrc3401kmp -E -v socket://165.95.1.143 -P 
en/km-2530.ppd

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Matt Broughton
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