Where to find a PPD for a BizHub 350?

[Helge Blischke]

Kyle McDonald wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I downloaded the latest KMPU (Konica Minolta Print Utility) for UNIX
> (v1.8) for thier website. Inside I found a PPD for the BizHub 350/250/200
> which I couldn't find in the Cups release (v1.3.9) I'm using. Cups had
> *newer* versions of all the other KMPU PPD's though, which made me wonder
> why the 350/250/200 were left out?
> 
> My company has several 350's and 250's, and I'd like to get them working
> through Cups, and get all the features working too if possible.
> 
> I tried using the KMPU PPD for the 350/250/200 with Cups. It uploaded it
> and accpeted it when I was adding the printer, but the 'printer options'
> page gives:
> 
> Bad OpenUI/JCLOpenUI
> 
> I tried copying it to the different places that the other Cups PPD's are
> stored. That got it to be listed in the menus for printers, but pressing
> 'add printer' caused an error on the web page, and these errors in
> /var/cups/log/error_log:
> 
> D [05/Oct/2010:13:33:02 +0500] copy_model: Running "cups-driverd cat
> foomatic-db-ppds/KONICA_MINOLTA/KO350U.ppd.gz"... D [05/Oct/2010:13:33:03
> +0500] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer server-error-internal-error: Unable to copy
> PPD file!
> 
> I diffed the PPD with one of the Cups provided ones and noticed that while
> both claimed to be PPD version 4.3, the file versions on the Cups ones
> began with 3 not 1 like the ones I downloaded. Also the one I downloaded
> had some lines (comments?) suggesting they were for Cups 1.1 - will that
> matter?
> 
> Next I tried uploading the PPD to the Cups website, and running it through
> cupstestppd by hand, both failed.
> 
> I've attached the PPD in case it helps.
> 
> So does anyone know where to find a PPD for the BizHub 350/250/200 that
> will work with CUPS? (The Cups driver search and foomatic DB both turned
> up nothing.)
> 
> -Kyle

I messed the PPD you said to be attached - please send it to me by e-mail, 
and I'll look into it.

I have successfully used the vendor supplied PPDs for the BizHub C250 but 
without using the "safe printing" approach.

The vendor supplied CUPS filter (part of the driver package) usually do not 
work correctly.

Helge