[cups] How to find a PPD for an HP printer?

[Helge Blischke]

I happen to have a PPD for this printer generated by CUPS’ PPD compiler 1.5.0.
Using this PPD requires the cups filter hpcups.
You need to install the suitable hplip package for your Linux distribution;
it should contain the necessary file(s) to generate this PPD.

> Am 08.02.2015 um 14:28 schrieb Alan McConnell <alan at his.com>:
> 
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:15:33AM -0500, Alan McConnell wrote:
>> 
> 	.  .  .  .  .  .  .
> 
>>       In the meantime, I'm going to find another, non-Brother,
>>       printer.
> 	   Which I have now done.  As a couple of people advised,
> 	   I went to my local Staples and bought an HP.
> 	        HP Laserjet Pro MPP M127fn
> 	   I spent lots of yesterday playing with it.  It makes
> 	   very nice copies.<g>
> 
> 	   But I can't find a PPD for this machine.  It seems to me
> 	   that HP is even more Linux-hostile than Brother.
> 
> 	   I am turning once again to this E-list to inquire if
> 	   anyone can tell me how to find this PPD.  After having
> 	   done more research, I have come to _believe_(? ! ? )
> 	   that the PPD I want is a text file; is this true?.  If so
> 	   I hope to find such a file, bring it to e.g. my home
> 	   directory on my Linux system, and then go into CUPS,
> 	   Add a printer, put in my found PPD, and, if the gods
> 	   are willing, print happily away.
> 
> 	   Will this work?  and does anyone know where a PPD file
> 	   for the above-named HP printer can be found?
> 
> 	   [  I have done a bit of playing with HPLIP;  it is
> 	   HORRIBLE!! ]
> 
> Many thanks in advance for anticipated help!
> 
> Alan
> 
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