Adding printer through command line

nivi rnivi26 at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 25 07:36:12 PDT 2008


> > Hi,
> >
> > I have installed cups-1.3.7 in HP-UX 11.11.
> > I have added printer through cups UI. when i give lpstat -p command, no printers got listed.
> >
> > Why my printers added through UI is not listed when i gave lpstat -p -d.
> >
> > then i tried to add printer through command line.
> > lpadmin -ptesting -vlpd://..../print -m...ppd
> > error: ...ppd non existent in model directory.
> >
> > I placed my ppd in /lib/lp/model/...ppd
> >
> > where should i place my ppd file. cups directory does not have model directory.
> >
> > any hint??
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> what is lpinfo -m saying?
>
> lpadmin -p... -v.. -m <path/file-from-lpinfo>
>
> should work
>
> regards
> Franz
>
Thanks for the reply.

It has listed the models by giving lpinfo -m.
it did not give any path. Where do i have to place my ppd file to get it listed there.]
Thanks,





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