[cups.general] Page 84, section 5.9 CUPS book

[henri]

Hi,

> The machine that I am using is not MAC (it is PC), and not the OS is  
> the X, is Linux (Big Linux, one Brazilian  linux distro, based on  
> Debian), therefore the software of PrinterSetup does not serve for me.

PrinterSetup will work quite happily with Debian. It has been tested  
with version 3.1 and should work with later versions as well.


However, If you still want to use lpadmin directly, then have a look  
at lpadmin man page.

This is taken from the lpadmin on Mac OS X, however I believe that  
Debian also uses the same flag for specifying a full PPD path with  
lpadmin.

>   -P ppd-file
>             Specifies a PostScript Printer Description file to  use   
> with  the
>             printer. If specified, this option overrides the -i  
> option (inter-
>             face script).

My guess is that the installer may have given the PPD a different name  
from what you are specifying on the your command.

There may also be another issues with your command. However, you could  
first try to locate the PPD in the file system and then replace the -m  
with -P and specify the complete path to the PPD. Alternatively, there  
could be a problem with the installer or like I mentioned above it  
could have installed a PPD with a different name.

> /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p IP1800 -m canonip1800.ppd -v cnij_usb:/dev/usb/ 
> lp0 -E


The problem could be something else entirely. However, it looks like  
lpadmin is unable to find the PPD you have specified. I would try to  
find the PPD in the file system as a first step.

I hope this helps.