hpijs-ppds: Several ppds not working with newer cups

[Mark Purcell]

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Subject: Bug#511762: hpijs-ppds: Several ppds not working with newer cups
Date: Wednesday 14 January 2009
From: Thomas Viehweger <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>

Package: hpijs-ppds
Version: 2.8.6.b-3
Severity: important

Due to the more strict interpreter in cups 1.3.8 I get the following error
with /usr/share/ppd/hpijs/HP/HP_Color_LaserJet_2605-ps.ppd:

PPD file for Farblaser cannot be loaded!
Missing value string on line 122.
Hint: Run "cupstestppd /etc/cups/ppd/Farblaser.ppd" and fix any errors.

this is valid for 2.8.6.b-3 in Lenny and also for 2.8.12-1 in experimental.
(My printer URI in cups is: usb://HP/Color%20LaserJet%<sernum>.)

The ppds for this printer (HP_Color_LaserJet_2605.ppd) in
foomatic-db 20080211-2+nmu1 and
openprinting-ppds 20080211-2+nmu1
are correct. See also
<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=493104> or
<http://bugs.linux-foundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164>

Maybe it is possible to run the cupstestppd and remove/fix failing ppds during
the build process of the deb?

By the way, the actual file in experimental contains many duplicate files
compressed, uncompressed, small/uppercase letters.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.10
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored:
LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages hpijs-ppds depends on:
ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20080211-3.2 OpenPrinting printer support -
ii hpijs 2.8.6.b-3 HP Linux Printing and Imaging -

hpijs-ppds recommends no packages.

Versions of packages hpijs-ppds suggests:
ii hplip 2.8.6.b-3 HP Linux Printing and Imaging

-- no debconf information

[Jason Callough (jcallough)]

Thomas:

1. Ensure that you are a member of the lp group. (you can run "groups" from terminal) If you are not a member refer to this site: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-28175.html to see how to do this.

2. I would suggest going to: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html and downloading 3.9.2, the newest version of our software.

3. If you are still experiencing issues with the ppd file during the installation process of the new software then you need to choose the ppd file from the hplip tarball that you downloaded. When prompted for the ppd navigate to the ppd directory in the hplip-3.9.2 file that was downloaded (mine is /home/<username>/Desktop/hplip-3.9.2/ppd) and choose the file that has the name of your printer. Then continue with installation and everything should be normal.

Please let me know if this issue persists.

Jason