Missing a generic printer driver

[janne.jokitalo at dnainternet.net]

Hello Ulrich, thanks for a reply!

Quoting ulrich steffens <ulrich at barfuss-jerusalem.org>:

> janne.jokitalo at dnainternet.net:
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > it seems I have messed up with printer drivers in a bad way and now I
> cannot
> > find a generic printer driver. Does anyone have an idea how to add it
> to the
> > list of manufacturers?
> > 
> > Using Breezy, if that matters. Thanks a lot in advance!
> > 
> have you tried reinstalling packages related to printing?
> like 'foomatic-db' 'cups' and so on?

I hadn't, since I thougth there would a 'linux-like' solution, instead of a
'windows-like', if you catch my drift. :) However, neither aptitude reinstalling
both of what you suggested, nor dpkg-reconfiguring does not help. When I try to
add a new printer, there still is no Generic to choose from.

I browsed a little throughtout my filesystem, and there seem to be a gzipped
driver file in /usr/share/ppd/Generic/, but I have no idea how I could utilize
that file. I've searched the net for the solution, but I only found a page that
tells me how a person got the same model working, and shares the configuration
info too: <URL:http://tinyurl.com/myqsj>

Even after attempting to write this info to /etc/cups/printers.conf it refuses
to work. I've tried to use foomatic-gui, and it shows me the generic driver
option and I can choose the correct driver too, but after the wizard completes
the DeviceURI shows 'file://dev/null', which obviously isn't helping. :) My
guess is it cannot somehow connect to the printer (or the print server), but I
cannot figure out why.

So, any other tips or suggestions I could try? Thanks in advance!


-- 
Jaska