[cups.general] configuring cups [please help]

[Krishna Kumar]

Dear All,

I am new to cups and I have followed following steps to configure printer on my linux client machine [ for my HP LJ M 4345 MFP printer attached with ethernet port in my organization ( its configured fine and working well for windows machines ) ] :

1. yum install *cups*

2. open a browser and type http://localhost:631/printers/

3. add a new printer & choose the device --- IPP

4. Put the device uri for new printer --- ipp://10.0.0.30/ipp/

5. Make manufacturer for new printer ( here Hp laser jet ) and select the corresponding driver  ( hp laser jet 4345 mfp postscript )
   or you can give your own PDP file which is downloaded from open source
[ actually these are the alternative ways to do the same work --- http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_4345_MFP ]

6. This will add the new printer in your PC . Now you can give appropriate command to the connected printer for printing purpose.


It worked and now I can take print outs. But now I have following confusion :


1 . Is there any requirement of  setting of printer server and corresponding printer driver ( if I am using PPD file ) ?

2. I have not installed any HPLJM 4345 driver on my machine , even I can give print command from my machine ? I don't know weather I am using already configured windows driver or my PPD file is doing all the magic ? Please clear the confusion.




Thanks and Best Regards,
Krishna Kumar
Senior Storage Engineer 

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