[Bug 29050] Re: cupsys does not automatically detect parallel printer

[Don Knudson]

I have just upgraded to Debian "etch" Linux, and after three days of
searching for how to get my HP Deskjet 722C to print again, I have
finally found success.  Here's what I did (except for what didn't work ;
- ) . . .

I downloaded HP-DeskJet_722C-pnm2ppa.ppd from

http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=pnm2ppa

then copied it to

/etc/cups/ppd

Visited http://localhost:631 and chose "add printer"

Rather than choosing a listed printer, I browsed to

/etc/cups/ppd/HP-DeskJet_722C-pnm2ppa.ppd

I printed a test page and Voila!  It worked!  : - )

Description: HP Deskjet 722C
Location:
Make and Model: HP DeskJet 722C Foomatic/pnm2ppa (recommended)
Printer State: processing, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: parallel:/dev/lp0

Apparently, the problem was just that the driver for this particular
"Windows" style of printer was not already included with my cups
installation.

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cupsys does not automatically detect parallel printer
https://launchpad.net/bugs/29050