[cups.general] Where to get PPD files?

Kurt Pfeifle k1pfeifle at gmx.net
Thu Nov 1 08:27:47 PDT 2007


John Jason Jordan wrote:

> First, I said I had a 4M Plus, not a 4L. But that's OK, I had already
> been there. I ended up at:
> 
> http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_4M_Plus
> 
> And there is no option to download a PPD file.

Indeed. Something is not working any more on that website...

However, you should be able to print out stuff on the 4M Plus using
the "laserjet.ppd" that ships with CUPS.

Check if it is installed on your system:

   su
   lpinfo -m |grep laserjet.ppd

or

   ls -l /usr/share/cups/model/laserjet*

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