Unable to copy PPD file! When creating new printer via lpadmin
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Unable to copy PPD file! When creating new printer via lpadmin
Hi. I'm a Red Hat 6 newbie but have been around Unix.
I looked at some threads here regarding this issue and haven't been able to find a solution.
I'm executing; lpadmin -p bam -v socket:139.64.101.21 -m /etc/cups/ppd/BR5370_2_GPL.ppd
When I look in /var/log/cups/error_log, here's what I get:
E [18/Jul/2011:14:37:36 -0700] [cups-driverd] Bad PPD name "/etc/cups/ppd/BR5370_2_GPL.ppd"!
E [18/Jul/2011:14:37:36 -0700] copy_model: empty PPD file!
E [18/Jul/2011:14:37:36 -0700] Returning IPP server-error-internal-error for CUP
S-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost/printers/bam) from localhost
But here's the ppd:
ll /etc/cups/ppd/BR5370_2_GPL.ppd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25537 Jul 18 13:45 /etc/cups/ppd/BR5370_2_GPL.ppd
I'm logged in as root, so I don't think permissions are the issue.
Why does the error log state that the ppd file is empty?
Why can't lpadmin copy the ppd file?
Thanks, Peacedog, that got me past the ppd issue but...
After doing a '#cupsaccept bam' and 'cupsenable bam', an 'lpstat -t bam' states that the printer is disabled because "Unable to locate printer ''!"
I am able to ping the printer's IP. Why is the printer name blank in the above message? What have I missed doing?
Thnaks!
-Brad
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