Where to get PPD files?

franz.pfoertsch.brose franz.pfoertsch at brose.com
Thu Nov 1 12:28:59 PDT 2007


> I have a Laserjet 4M Plus and I need a PPD file for it. I have googled
> and searched everywhere, but I cannot find the PPD file for this
> printer. I did find a file at adobe.com, but it is a self-extracting
> compressed file that (presumably) contains PPD files for every
> PostScript printer ever sold by HP. Plus, the file size is only 43K,
> which seems too small. Nevertheless, I'd download it if I had a way to
> open a self-extracting zip file on Linux.
>
> I looked all over cups.com, linuxprinting.org, hp.com, and
> openprinting.org and all I can find is references to PPD files, how
> cool they are, why I need them, but I can't find the actual FILES. I've
> spent hours looking. Can someone tell me where the PPD files are hiding?
>
Please look at a old Link:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/PPD/

I am not quiet shure if http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/PPD/HP/HP_LaserJet_4_Plus.ppd is working.

Otherwise I would use a ppd from the apple laserwriter

the link is also available at http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting but I forgot.

regards and good luck
Franz





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