Re: How to find ppd's in printer-driver-escpr?
On Fri 22 Apr 2016 at 11:04:53 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> Hi Gustavo,
>
> Le jeudi, 21 avril 2016, 18.38:12 Gustavo de las Casas a écrit :
> > I am in the process of installing an Epson XP-830 printer. The binary
> > printer-driver-escpr says it contains .ppd's in compressed form. How
> > do I find them? I intend to use CUPS, but need to find the ppd for
> > setting up an Epson printer (XP-830). CUPS also doesn't list the
> > printer currently. The question has gone unanswered so far in a
> > forum.
>
> The PPDs are compressed in the /usr/lib/cups/driver/escpr file. You can
> see the list of PPD files this way:
>
> /usr/lib/cups/driver/escpr list
>
> This will output the PPD file for you:
> /usr/lib/cups/driver/escpr cat "escpr:0/cups/model/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Epson-XP-830_Series-epson-escpr-en.ppd"
>
> But CUPS should show the "Epson XP-830 Series" printer when setting up a printer. Do you have cups & cups-filters installed?
He is on Wheezy and the printer is a relatively new one with no PPD; I
do not think Jessie has it either.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=128047
Gustavo could download the unstable source package
http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/e/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.6.4.orig.tar.gz
extract the PPD from it, and tell CUPS where to find it using the web
interface. My reservations about doing this concern whether Wheezy's
epson-escpr and epson-escpr-wrapper filters would do justice to this
printer.
Alternatively, he could download printer-driver-escpr_1.6.4-1_i386.deb
from unstable; it will install on Wheezy with 'dpkg -i'. Any complaints
about python3 missing can be dealt with with 'apt-get -f install'.
Gustavo is not subscribed to this list (there is no LDOSUBSCRIBER tag in
his mail headers) so I have sent a Cc:. Perhaps he would consider
updating us here (and the folks at forums.debian.net) if either or both
of these techniques work.
Regards,
Brian.
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