Description of problem: hplip doesn't contain any .ppd files that come with hplip all missing! So theere are no drivers Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. install hplip 2. doesn't print! no drivers to configure it! 3. Actual results: no printing Expected results: printing Additional info: Downloading the hplip from sourceforge and copying the ppd files into /usr/share/ppd/ solves the problem and it all prints fine
As I understand it, all of the PPDs shipped with HPLIP are generated from foomatic. Which printer are you trying to configure, and how are you going about configuring it?
Installed on my desktop, the actual problem is that when you use the hp gui, at the end it says that the driver doesn't exist for the above reason. However if you ignore the error, it works just fine. So it appears to be an issue with the gui looking in /usr/share/ppd/
I am using hp-setup to configure the printer by the way, and it is a networked HP C6180 "all in one"
What does the error message say, precisely?
I've had the same error too. First hp-toolbox says that there is no sudo/su utility to run the setup. After runing hp-setup as super user, I was going to install my device, and at the end, the error box appeared saying it can't find the HP fax ppd file (HP-Fax-hplip.ppd). I searched into the /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD/HP folder and locate HP-Fax-hplip2.ppd and HP-Fax-hplip.ppd.gz. First I've tried to rename the HP-Fax-hplip2.ppd to HP-Fax-hplip.ppd. Then the setup has found the file saying it's wrong: it's driver for HP-fax2 device and that it's searching for HP-fax.... Then I've simply unpacked the HP-Fax-hplip.ppd.gz and everything worked fine... (except the sudo thing). BTW, I'm using HP Photosmart 3310
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