[cups] lpadmin new printer

[Brian Potkin]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 21:12, Louis Garcia <louisgtwo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to configure a network printer using lpadmin so I can put the
> command in a kickstart file. gnome print installs it correctly but I would
> like to have configured at install time. I need to use the hpcups driver
> not hpijs.
>
> $lpinfo --make-and-model "HP Officejet 6700" -m
> drv:///hp/hpijs.drv/hp-officejet_6700-hpijs.ppd HP Officejet 6700 hpijs,
> 3.18.6
> drv:///hp/hpcups.drv/hp-officejet_6700.ppd HP Officejet 6700, hpcups 3.18.6
> lsb/usr/HP/hp-officejet_6700.ppd.gz HP Officejet 6700, hpcups 3.18.6
>
> This is wrong, how do I specify the hpcups driver?
> $lpadmin -p Officejet-6700 -E -v hp:/net/Officejet_6700?ip=172.16.0.2 -P
> /usr/share/ppd/HP/hp_officejet_6700.ppd.gz
>
> I get errors in journald:
> cupsd[1868]: [cups-driverd] Unable to open
> "/usr/share/cups/model/hp/hpcups.drv/hp_officejet_6700.ppd" - No such file
> or directory
> cupsd[1868]: copy_model: empty PPD file
> cupsd[1868]: [Client 63] Returning IPP server-error-internal-error for
> CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Officejet-6700) from
> localhost
>
> How do I do this? Fedora 28

This is the 2nd decade of the 21st century; you need neither the hpijs nor
hpcups PPDs or drivers. You printer is capable of handling driverless printing.

'lpinfo -v' for a dnssd or ipp URI. lpadmin with this and 'm everywhere' should
set you up with a queue.

-- 
Brian.