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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi folks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">our org is rolling out new HP printers throughout the company to their windows print servers.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From the cups side on Linux, we query the windows servers and install any new ones that crop up. The normal scenario is that a new printer comes along, it is picked up from the Windows print servers and if we don't have a ppd driver installed, then we see an entry in the errlog:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Alias match not found for driver HP Color LaserJet 3800 PS</FONT>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We would then obtain the ppd driver and next update run, the printer gets installed ok.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For our new printers being installed however, the Windows team have used the new HP Universal driver (covering several different models):, so we now get:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Alias match not found for driver HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v4.7).</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I can't seem to locate an equivalent ppd for this and I can't see it in the hplip distro. Has anyone come across this situation or can suggest a suitable ppd to try?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cheers</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sean</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sean Burke</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">SSD Service Engineer : T-Systems. : A Deutsche Telekom Company </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Shell U.K. Limited</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1 Altens Farm Road, Nigg, Aberdeen, AB12 3FY, United Kingdom</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Email:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sean.burke@shell.com</FONT></SPAN>
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