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krishvij 03-24-2005 11:00 PM

Which location to put ppd files (printer driver)
 
Hi there,

I have a HP Deskjet 3745 printer. Am using RHEL 3, which does not have the drivers for this printer. I downloaded a ppd file after googling. Now, I dont know where to put this ppd printer driver. which location does linux use to store the printer drivers.

I tried other available printer driver listings in the print manager but none of them worked :(

RanDrake10 03-25-2005 06:18 AM

Try usr/share/cups/model
go to a terminal su to root, type updatedb, then locate *.ppd

tweetybugs 09-06-2006 07:11 AM

help, i have an hpdeskjet 3745
 
Hi, i just installed ubuntu and am totally lost, i dont understand how to install my printer, etc please help.

mohamed as 12-23-2009 08:10 PM

printer installing in linux
 
hai friends

I have a HP Deskjet 1460 printer. Am using RHEL 3, which does not have the drivers for this printer. I downloaded a ppd file after googling. Now, I dont know where to put this ppd printer driver. which location does linux use to store the printer drivers.

kofucii 12-24-2009 03:41 AM

Use cups web interface - "localhost:631". Add your printer, when prompt for ppd file, point yours. After installing cups will paste it in /etc/cups/ppd. next you can use "lpoptions -p <printer> -l" to review your printer specific options.


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