[cups] lpadmin on Mac OS

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Tue Aug 1 05:55:17 PDT 2017


Don't use the PPD directly, since that will try to run the filters for the printer locally (which don't exist).

Pick the printer from the Print dialog (as a nearby printer) or add it from the Add Printer GUI via Print & Scan preferences to get a proper PPD.


> On Aug 1, 2017, at 5:32 AM, Stephan Graf <st.graf at fz-juelich.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> We run a LINUX CUPS server. All Printers have the original PPD installed.
> Now we want to install the printers on the clients.
> On Linux client, we recommend to use the following sequence (sudo/root):
> 
> wget http://printserver.fz-juelich.de:631/printers/printer1.ppd
> lpadmin -p printer1 -L "romm 123" -D "printer1 - working group a" -v ipp://printserver.fz-juelich.de/printers/printer1 -P printer1.ppd -E
> 
> and it works fine.
> 
> I tried to do the same on Mac OS, but I got an error:
> "You need to install software to use this printer. To install the software, choose App Store... from Apple menu. If the software for your printer isn't available in App Store..., contact the manufacturer of your printer."
> 
> What is the right way to get the same driver (PPD) from the print server  installed on the Mac client.
> 
> Regards,
> Stephan
> 
> -- 
> Stephan Graf
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> Institute for Advanced Simulation
> Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
> 52425 Juelich, Germany
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer



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